'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ..."
A Donegal pensioner has received an unexpected Christmas surprise after he uncovered letters he and his sisters sent to Santa almost 70 years ago.
Workmen replacing the chimney at Neil Doherty's family home in Buncrana discovered the letters stuck in the flue.
He was only five years of age when his sister Mona wrote the letter to Santa for him in 1941.
"My younger sister was three and I was five, and my older sister was nine.
"What strikes me now is the simplicity of it all.
"We started all the letters off with, 'Dear Santa, Would you please send some of these toys...'
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