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# christmas past

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'Mum didn't deny the magic of Christmas, she was just so exhausted dealing with Dad'

Sheena McGinley on making Christmas magic – and making up for lost time.

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Dec 10th 2019, 2:38 PM

7 lovely Irish Christmas videos worth checking out on the RTÉ Archives

There’s a video of an Irish child in 1967 asking Santa for bullets and a knife.

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Dec 24th 2017, 10:30 PM

7 lovely Irish Christmas videos worth checking out on the RTÉ Archives

There’s a video of an Irish child in 1967 asking Santa for bullets and a knife.

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Dec 23rd 2017, 6:00 PM

WATCH: Santa visits the children of Dublin in 1948

Best day ever.

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Dec 24th 2015, 11:00 AM