DECEMBER
Great balls of fire, Scotland
Take that, health and safety people! Another foolhardy British tradition – this time with huge fireballs and a whole lot of flammable kilts – lives on.
DECEMBER
Comedy football match, England
A festive fancy dress football match between fishermen and fireman in Scarborough, with a dunking for the losers.
DECEMBER
Tar barrels parade, England
The brave villagers of Allendale in Northumberland celebrate New Year with some rather spectacular headgear.
DECEMBER
Grantchester barrel rolling, England
This sleepy little Cambridgeshire village barrels into life on Boxing Day.
DECEMBER
Marshfield Paper Boys, England
Well, that’s one way to recycle your newspapers! This shaggy Gloucestershire mummers troupe is famous for its quirky Boxing Day performance.
DECEMBER
Tom Bawcock’s Eve, Cornwall
A celebration of one long-dead fisherman and the rather peculiar, not to mention unnerving, ‘star gazy pie’.
DECEMBER
Uppies and Doonies, Scotland
Now this crazy game of mass street ball is the way to keep warm over Christmas and New Year!
DECEMBER
Burning the Clocks, Brighton
Homemade lanterns and costumes all go up in flames in this singular seaside parade.
DECEMBER
Drag queen drop, Florida
If you find yourself in Key West on December 31st be sure to take an umbrella, because it’s gonna start raining men.
DECEMBER
Night of the Radishes, Mexico
When most of us are wrapping presents, slurping mulled wine and hanging tinsel, the residents of Oaxaca City are busy carving radishes.
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