It's Earlier 'Tis Getting: The Christmas Book of Irish Mammies

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All you want to know about Christmas, from the unique perspective of the Irish Mammy. Christmas - a time for peace, joy and Mammies. While others are focusing on Santa/Santy, the school nativity play, the office party and its wild cousin the Twelve Pubs, panicked present shopping and the delicate diplomacy of in-law visiting, the Irish Mammy is mobilized in her war-room - ready for the campaign. Electric blankets have been set to maximum power; cards have been despatched; the turkey has been ordered; the decorations have been retrieved from the Place Where The Decorations Go and the fifth Big Shop (to get breadcrumbs) has been completed. There are homecomings from near and far, new arrivals, drama, bustle, tears and laughter, and Mammy at the heart of it all, directing operations. There's bound to be something she's forgotten - but luckily, just like a certain someone, she's made a list.

Colm O'Regan is a columnist, broadcaster, comedian and author. He has published four books of non-fiction - the three bestselling books of Irish Mammies and Bolloxology - and published his first novel, Ann Devine- Ready for Her Close-Up in 2019. Ann Devine- Handle with Care is his second novel. Originally from Cork, he now lives in Dublin with his wife Marie and daughters Ruby and Lily.