the most wonderful time of the year...

It has got to that time in the evening (aka 0.15 am) when turkey sandwiches are being consumed and enormous volumes of tea are being drunk so I have decided to make a little post about my Christmas job or rather pre-Christmas job.
Last year I landed the most fantastic job as Santa's Assistant out at Santa's Castle outside Galway city. This year the very kind people of Footfall (who run the whole event) invited me back to relive the whole experience. Even though at times it could be stressful, it probably is the best job I have ever had in terms of fun and being rewarded through hundreds of kids with super smiley faces.
Dunsandle Castle - where the event is held - is a really beautiful place and although it unfortunately didn't snow this year, it was still pretty magical.
Here are some shoddy photographs that I took of the outside of the castle with my phone on the last day of work (the 23rd).

There are some proper photos on the Santa's Castle website. You can see me standing beside Santa in the great hall shots.

Plus, as a special treat you can see the difference between the 2010 hair and 2011 hair. Some photos (last year's ones) show me sporting long brown hair while more recent ones show short blonde hair poking out from underneath my fantastic foot tall hat.

Cheers for reading and I hope you've had a great Christmas day,

Jane