“I do the WHOLE of Christmas. From climbing a rickety ladder up to the attic for the Christmas decorations, to untangling the lights, putting lights on the outside trees, buying the gifts, doing Santa on Christmas Eve (which involves going to bed at midnight, setting the alarm to get up at 3 am when I’m sure everyone’s asleep) to making ridiculous, messy “Santa” footprints with ashes from the fire (which I then have to clean up the next morning), to buying, wrapping presents.”

Ellie Byrne, Limerick

Top tip, in fairness.

‘On Christmas Eve my husband will ask what we got his mother’ (Irish Times)

Thanks Spaghetti Hoop

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