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Happy Nollaig na mBan!

Perhaps one of my favourite Irish traditions is Little Christmas, otherwise known as Women's Christmas, or Nollaig na mBan, which takes place on 6th January every year.

It traditionally heralds the end of Christmas and is a day to celebrate the ladies. Ireland was, up till recently, a pretty heavily patriarchal society and the women's place and her work was considered to be in the home. This day was a day where, instead of focusing on the home and children, women got to go out visiting their friends or going out to a show or having afternoon tea. The men were expected to take care of the housework on this day, if none other.

Nowadays, in modern Ireland, it is still celebrated, and women take it as an opportunity to go for a spa day with their mam or a nice meal and a few drinks with friends. It's a chance to show the women in your life that you appreciate them, and all the tiny, thankless, unseen things they do.

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Such a vibe.

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Galactic Center of the Milky Way

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YEAAAAHHH THE KIDS GETTING TO PLAY WITH THE TOYS IS BACK!!!!

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You could see the background kids start panicking when they couldn't hear the mic lmao

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Two million five hundred thousand euros!

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An actual seannachaí

That's genuinely brilliant

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I KNEW IT! I KNEW THEY'D BRING OUT NORA

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Would it even be the toy show if something didn't malfunction in the middle of the display?

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"Give me a ring sometime!"

Zara is killing it

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Damn the music is nothing but bangers this year

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Someone give Brian-Óg a job in rte

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That gekko climbing the wall and then launching across the studio is the energy we need in these dark times

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Brian-Óg is destined for great things

He's all business

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SHE JUST SNATCHED HER WIG!

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"I'm gonna put it on max"

Oh this will end well

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Over a million euros raised already 😭