It's the hottest day of the year so far here in Ireland, so let's celebrate it with some... Christmas photographs!!!! :-) :-) :-)

These were all taken in the run-up to Christmas last year. The first three were snapped in Center Parcs Longford. My son Dante looks like something out of a very scary Stephen King movie in the first pic -- be afraid! Be VERY afraid!!! The Shans are waiting to meet Santa in the second snap, and that's us with the Big Guy in the third. The fourth was taken at Dante's school concert, where he was one of the narrators. He thought he looked pretty damn snazzy in that red jacket, and hey, I thought so too!!!!