Irish people will be celebrating Christmas in all corners of the globe this December 25th.
It is estimated that there are approximately 1.47 million citizens living outside the State.
The total does not include the population of Northern Ireland and their descendants in Britain.
Nicola lives in Brisbane in Australia and told Lunchtime Live she'd rather be at home.
"I don't know if it gets any easier, being honest," she said.
"I don't know if many people enjoy staying away for Christmas.
"I'd like to be home for it, but we're going home next April/May and it just wasn't feasible to take the time off and travel home."
'Seafood buffets'
Nicola said they are 'outsourcing' their Christmas dinner this year.
"We're going out for it, it's a small bit different over here," she said.
"A lot of the restaurants and bars are open because not everybody celebrates Christmas in the traditional way.
"We were tossing around who's going to cook and I thought, 'Let's skip the clean up and we'll all go out'.
"It's seafood buffets here, they're big into seafood and lighter foods because the heat would just be killing you.
"We had to check around to make sure we were going to get the turkey and ham... so there is a turkey and ham on the menu".
'Family aspect is missing'
John is based in New York and has lived there for almost 30 years.
"We still keep the traditional Irish [Christmas] as far as our family," he said.
"A lot of the families we'd know that would have come out around that period, on Christmas Day, would try to replicate Ireland.
"Christmas morning with the gifts, the tree is up, turkey and ham dinners, the Roses and the Taytos - all the stuff you're not supposed to be eating comes out on Christmas Day."
John said they normally share the day with friends.
"The family aspect here is kind of missing in a lot of ways," he said.
"There is good few people that wouldn't have a family to go [to] for Christmas.
"America is much more transient; people move here, there and all over the place in a short period of time.
"So, they don't have that nucleus of family we have in Ireland.
"They think it's hilarious the way we celebrate Christmas, it replicates their Thanksgiving".
'Always a good vibe'
Dean from Dublin, who has been living in Perth for 11 years, said he and his wife have kept with the traditional Irish Christmas.
"We've got Scots-Irish and Australians coming around this year, so it'll be a full house," he said.
"It's always good, it's always a good vibe.
"There's not a big difference for the Scots, but for the Australians it's probably a wee bit different," he added.
Dean said he hasn't been home in nine years.
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