'I was wakened by my granny shouting 'come and see what Santa has brought.'

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Title

'I was wakened by my granny shouting 'come and see what Santa has brought.'

Description

Norma remembers Christmas in her granny's house.

Creator

Norma McCullough

Publisher

Trinity College Dublin

Date

1942

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Relation

Norma McCullough

Is Part Of

Childhood and Early Life

Type

Life Story

Spatial Coverage

Belfast

Temporal Coverage

1940s

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Text

Christmas was my very favourite time of year. On Christmas Eve I had to go to bed very early. I was so excited I could hardly get to sleep. Then on Christmas morning I was wakened by my granny shouting 'come and see what Santa has brought '. In those days,we got a simple stocking with a silver sixpence in the toe followed by an apple and orange and perhaps some comics or a book,which I loved most of all and one year I got a doll and pram. Although our gifts were simple,we were just as excited as modern day children are with their very expensive presents costing hundreds of pounds.

Sponsor

Irish Research Council for Arts,Humanities & Social Sciences (IRCHSS)

Research Coordinator/P.I.

Dr Kathleen McTiernan (Trinity College Dublin)

Senior Research Associate

Dr Deirdre O'Donnell (Trinity College Dublin)

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