Christmas begins right now!

A few days ago I had to take my daughter to the dentist in Dublin. After a 10 minute review with the consultant we were free for the rest of the morning.

Free! In Dublin! At Christmas! It's been a long time.

We snooped around some shops, bought some decorations

 took in the Christmas lights, watched the buskers entertaining the busy crowds...

And then stumbled on a miniture 'Christmas Streets' exhibition in Bewleys Theatre on Grafton Street.

Kaya was mesmerised and didn't want to leave.

Spot the giant?

And again..

We finished with Pizza on a little Italian that looked perfect until I noticed the bottles of olive oil on the table. I mean - if you're going to buy your oil in Lidl at least have the decency to decant it!

She didn't seem to mind though.

So that's our Christmas started. Will opening December 1st on the advent calendar mark the start of yours?