Seanachaí Eamon Kelly remembers his childhood Christmas in Kerry before rural electrification, when the candle was the only light source in a darkened world.

In 1992 during renovations, a slightly burnt letter to Santa from 1911 was discovered in a chimeny. In 2012 her son recognised the author as his mother 1911 Letter to…

In 1897, 8 year old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote to the New Your Son asking "is there a Santa Claus?". The editorial printed in reply is still reprinted every year in…