Waking up to a load of presents at the bottom of your bed on Christmas Day.
Ice on the inside of your bedroom window which you had to scratch off to see through.
Sledging down the golf course at Culcabock.
Big, big snowball fights at school.
In the sixties lots of white christmases - playing out in the snow until it was really dark.
Chilblains when you warmed your hands too quickly at the fire.
Sunday School Christmas Party - Santa gave me a big red and yellow plastic fire engine two years running as my Christmas present ( on the third year I refused to go up for the gift, I could see by the size of the wrapped box in his hands it was another f***ing fire engine. I went up later to say that I never got a gift. They dug me out a present from the gift bin. A bow and arrow!! Yeah!! The next year I got a bow and arrow from Santa .
Sunday School Nativity play - usually I was one of the moronic Shepherds ( the Sunday School swots got to be Mary and Joseph ). My sisters were always Angels. One year 50% of the Angels fainted half way through the nativity.
Carole Singing down our street. Lots of cake, hot chocolate and sweets galore.
School Christmas Party and dancing with the girl you fancied.
Cadbury Christmas Selection box to last you a few days.
Lots of kids annuals. Over the years I managed to collect all the Scottish Football Books - I had edition number 12 through to about edition number 20 or something. I managed to back collect edition number 1 through to number 11.
