Nollaig na mBan has always been a feature of my family traditions. It’s an age-old Irish celebration of women’s hard work and a reminder that women sacrifice so much that is taken for granted. It falls on the last day of Christmastide, on the Feast of the Epiphany. The Greek roots of epiphany mean ‘to appear’, ‘to manifest’, and Nollaig na mBan is about women manifesting a version of Christmas just for themselves.