In this episode, Dara is warming up for the festive season by acknowledging how stress-inducing it can all get and how it really isn’t for everybody. In his own household a new permutation is longed for by some, which doesn’t entirely suit him.
He’s also concerned for his daughter, who has reached the age where the magic of Christmas and Santa Claus is no longer as real to her as it once was. He is not planning to shatter her illusions any further and in fact will lean in even more to prop up the suspension of disbelief. And where better to start than with a box of snowballs! Not those ones, the other ones…
Speaking of other ones, Dara selects three left-of-centre Christmas poems for something a bit different. They each have their own qualities to recommend them, but he particularly liked the poem that featured ‘squamous’ and ‘mingeless’. Where else would you get it?
Mollie Guidera’s brilliant Irish advocacy – https://www.instagram.com/irishwithmollie/
Conchobhar Ruadh’s beautiful mix of Irish language, history and culture – https://www.instagram.com/sli_na_ruadh