On Christmas Eve exactly one hundred years ago, two children left a letter for Father Christmas in the chimney of their family home in Dublin. The letter stayed in the chimney for many decades, until it was discovered by the current owner of the house. Miraculously, it has survived with only a few scorch marks. ‘I want a baby doll and a waterproof with a hood and a pair of gloves and a toffee apple and a gold penny and a silver sixpence and a long toffee’, the author of the letter instructed. I wonder if Father Christmas obliged? Read more about it in this article from last week’s Irish Times.

This is the first in a special series of festive material texts – if the elves aren’t too exhausted, we hope there will be one for each of the twelve days of Christmas…

Happy Christmas from all at the CMT!