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One of my best memories of Christmas Eve ...

One of my best memories of Christmas Eve was when I was a young child of six or seven.

My father was visiting his uncle in the nearby village. When he returned, it was dark, and he wore his winter coat. He said he saw Santa Claus making his way over the road as he was visiting the neighbouring houses.

I was so dumbfounded and struck with complete awe. Santa Claus saw my father. I remember staring at my father’s coat sleeve, thinking, “Santa Claus has just seen this very same coat sleeve as I am looking at now.” I was trying to absorb it, to take it in. That memory of wonder and awe has stayed with me ever since. Perhaps that can be the invitation for us all this Christmas. To connect to a sense of wonder, of ordinary moments, to try to see through those eyes, of the child spirit in us all.

I hope this Christmas brings you closer to that sense of wonder and awe, of love, gratitude, contentment and that place inside of you that lets you also love yourself.

Beannachtaí na Nollaig libh go léir. Christmas blessings to you all. Grá mór, Eileen x

Painting by Eutro Pegagnon

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