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This tale of an M&S worker leaving it until December 24 to buy a discount Christmas dinner is going viral again – and it’s a feelgood festive classic

We’re in the home stretch to Christmas week, a time of year we all turn to the classics for comfort viewing.

So, in that spirit, what better time to revisit this brilliant story by Irish writer Richy Craven which he originally shared during the dark times of lockdown Christmas 2020.

Fellow Irishman Joe O’Shea@josefoshea – shared Richy’s thread in honour of the start of the festive part-time retail worker season, saying: ‘Marks & Spencers are hiring part-time for Christmas – which gives us an excuse to revisit … The Greatest Modern Irish Christmas Story, God Bless Us, One and All!’

And what a joy the story still is. Strap yourself in.

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