Hi I'm Rick Steeves. Today on Travel with Rick Steeves we're presenting our own version of a child's Christmas in Wales.

Our favorite Thoroughly Welsh guide is here to let us in on the traditions that bring light and warmth to the chilly Welsh countryside this time a year.

Cold is the man who cannot love the hills of Wales.

And for the next time you're in a rural area like Wales or Scotland or even New Zealand, we've got a fun lesson in sheep appreciation.

Al-Adon joins us in a bit from his farm in Wales.

He's won lots of international sheepdog breeders Competers competitions,

and he's going to teach us a few tricks that he uses

to get his trusty border collies to round up the sheep.

We'll find out how to time your visit so that you can help feed a baby lamb

and learn how they use and rams get those odd blue and green spots on their wall.

Come along for holiday celebrations and whales and a behind the scenes peak at sheep farming in charming whales.

It's all just ahead on travel with Rick Steeves.

We're learning to appreciate sheep and the shepherds and even the dogs that heard them coming up on today's travel with Rick Steeves.

Hi I'm Rick Steeves. With the scenic Welsh countryside is our Martin de la'Landavitz, a friend and fellow tour guide from Northern Wales has joined us to talk about the holiday season in that corner of Britain.

Martin, people think going to a lot of places during the holidays, why would somebody go to Wales during the holidays

and what would they experience?

That's a very good question.

Wales is on the west of Britain and it rarely freezes, and it rarely gets very cold.

it gets very cold.

You know, the warm sea, well relatively warm sea.

So you can expect rain.

So it gets dark early, drizzle.

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