There’s always the occasional house that goes completely mad with the Christmas lights. Every community in Ireland has at least one of them: they do it – sometimes – to raise money for charity, or just to draw attention to themselves. Or both.

And that’s grand. It’s Christmas, after all; a time when, theoretically, we let each other do what we do without any judgment. Some might choose to have a wreath or a candle in the window. Some might do nothing. Some might wish to have their gaff photographed by the International Space Station.

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