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Ah here.

This morning.

The Square, Tallaght, Dublin.

Safety-conscious Santa launches the Christmas festivities in new normal style at The Square in Tallaght which sees the return of Santa’s Grotto, an Adventure Trail in the centre, plus a panoramic ferris wheel and festive funfair outside.

Christmas At The Square

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland.

THis morning.

The Square, Tallaght, Dublin.

The launch of Christmas at The Square,  which kicks off on Sunday, November 21 from 12pm with the return of Santa’s Grotto at The Square as well as a ‘brand new’ Adventure Trail, a ‘panoramic ferris wheel’ and a ‘festive funfair’.

Beard rating: 6 out of 10.

Christmas at The Square

Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland

Anyone?

Friday: Hail Santa

Ah here.

Niall McCormack tweetz:

Santa goes rogue on this super book cover [translated: Christmas Adventure] by Máirtín de Fuireastail. Published by Foilseacháin Náisiúnta Teoranta [FNT}. in 1960. De Fuireastail created a handful of lively covers for FNT in the early sixties but I can find no further details of this elusive artist…

Anyone?

 

This afternoon.

Northside Shopping Centre, Dublin 17.

Celebrity couple Santa and Mrs Claus selling Alzheimer Society of Ireland‘s ‘Memory Ribbons’ – the charity’’s annual nationwide Flag Day collection.

Staff and volunteers are selling ribbons for just 3cross the country raising money for ‘vital dementia-specific services for the 55,000 people living with dementia in Ireland’.

Donate online here

Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland

Meanwhile..

OK, Santy.

Sort the beard out.

Seriously.

Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland

It’s too soon.

This afternoon.

Jervis Street, Dublin 1.

Father Christmas with, above from left: Thea Walsh, Sam Stoutt and Hallie Timmons at the Winter Wonderland which starts at the  Jervis Shopping Centre this Saturday at 11am.

Families will have the chance to win a trip to Lapland with the Magical Jervis Christmas Trail running all throughout the Xmas period.

Grotto times here

Decent Santa, in fairness.

Pics: Karen Morgan

“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

Pic: Pinterest