'I got a toy monkey... I thought he was real': Irish celebs on their favourite Christmas memory

From Lyra to Louise O'Neill, Derval O'Rourke to Blindboy, well-known Irish personalities share their treasured Christmas memory. 

Lyra: "Every Christmas now we go down to my sister’s house. She has three kids now so it’s all about the kids." Picture: Christian Tierney

Lyra

When my mam and dad were together, we actually lived across the road from my auntie, and every Christmas morning mam would put in her turkey and we’d go over to my aunt’s. She’d have a lot of friends and family around and we’d have a massive sing song in her front room — my sister playing the piano, me singing and playing the tin whistle.