If you've taken down your decorations and are feeling bereft or if you're clinging onto that festive feeling, here's why we celebrate Nollaig na mBan or Women's Christmas and a few ideas for how to do it in style.
Few would argue that the run-up to Christmas can be arduous and most of the emotional labour falls to women in many houses. This isn't a new phenomenon, but its significance is being re-evaluated as a day for women to kick back and be appreciated.
Tá athbheochan ar roinnt de na nósanna a d'imigh as féilire na hÉireann agus tá Nollaig na mBan ar cheann acu. Labhrann mná níos sine mar gheall ar an lá agus oíche speisialta seo ag deireadh an tséasúir a thug deis dóibh anáil a ghlacadh agus teacht le chéile lena gcairde tar éis na Nollag.
Juli Ní Mhaoileáin and Dr Marion Mc Garry talking about the significance of Nollaig na mBan on Morning Ireland.
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From the RTÉ Archives, have a look back at how the tradition was carried on in Corca Dhuibhne in the West Kerry Gaeltacht, where women gathered to wind down after the hustle and bustle of Christmas. Reporter Tom Mc Guire describes this tradition as a 'time of togetherness, a winding down, rather than a cold turkey, after Chistmas'.
Labhair muintir Uí Bheaglaoích le Tom Mc Guire faoi Nollaig na mBan agus an tábhacht a bhain leis an gceiliúradh dóibh ó dheas. Labhair le mná faoin bhfáilte a chuir siad roimh fhir ach nach amhlaidh a bhí ariamh.
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Events are taking place around the country for this year's Nollaig na mBan from informal get togethers to formal gigs.
