Oh how I crave my normal Christmas experience

In 1999 Westlife were No. 1 at Christmas, Bobbyjo won the National, Meath were All-Ireland football champions, and I spent Christmas with my right leg in a cast, writes Ruby Walsh.

Roll on 11 years and Gordon Brown was Prime Minister of Britain, we were two years into a deep recession, Obama was heading into his second year of presidency, Cork were All-Ireland football champions and again my right leg was broken, and I ate all the turkey.

So, Christmas in 2017 is not really a new experience for me.