first Christmas

SELF

This is what no one tells you about being pregnant at Christmas

Ah, the holiday season. The most wonderful time of the year, people will tell you. Those people probably…

By Amanda Cassidy

single parent christmas

SELF

‘The whole thing felt like an obstacle course to be survived rather than a celebration’: Christmas as a newly single parent

Been through a divorce or separation this year? Christmas after a break-up can be very hard, especially when…

By Lia Hynes

Christmas tree in an attic

SELF

Grieving at Christmas: ‘Lung cancer may have taken Martin but the memories of our Christmases past will remain intact’

Following the sudden loss of her husband and father-of-three Martin in 2018, Venetia Quick writes how Christmas has…

By Venetia Quick

AGENDA

‘I could have burst into tears. I was just there, with everyone else, a part of the family’: Soula Emmanuel’s most meaningful Christmas

Three years after beginning her transition, Soula Emmanuel found acceptance in the quiet normality of joining the family…

By Soula Emmanuel

EDITORIAL

A Beginner’s Guide: The reality of working as a Christmas Elf at Fota Island

This week Geraldine Carton ventured down to the Rebel County, pulled on a ridiculous costume, and experienced what…

By Geraldine Carton