Santa House light show warms the hearts in Birr

WHEN it comes to Christmas decorations, the Gray family are the country’s leading lights.Their Birr, Co Offaly home — known far and wide as Santa House — acts as a magnet that attracts people from many parts who come to watch and marvel at the unrivalled display.

"I do it for the grand kids," says mother-of-seven Margaret Gray. "I do it for other kids as well, to make them feel more Christmas-like inside their little souls."

While visitors standing spellbound at the spectacular scene outside, the interior of the house is another wonderland with no less than 12 Santas, big and small, moving around or singing festive songs.