My Christmas childhood: Three celebs look back at their festive past

From using a turnip as a candleholder to eating the turkey a day early to a cowgirl costume mistakenly bought for a boy, three celebrities recount their festive memories to Richard Fitzpatrick

Mon, 22 Dec, 2014 - 00:00

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh

Gaelic games commentator and author. Dingle, Co Kerry.

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