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28 lovely photos of Christmas in Dublin over the last 20 years

It’s simply magical.

AH, THOSE WERE the days.

1. The days of selling turkeys in Dublin back in 1984

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Excellent graffiti work.

2. It wasn’t at all unlike Black Friday in the sales

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3. But others preferred to shop out of a boot

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4. These lads busking in 97 are what Christmas is all about

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5. This guy ‘shopping’ in Arnotts still sums up Dubliners to this day

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6. And this one

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7. Jervis’ decorations were very different twenty years ago

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8. As was the Panto

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9. The window of the Porterhouse in 1998 could easily fit in today

Except instead of stags, it’d be no twelve pubs.

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10. The airport welcomes haven’t changed

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11. Bertie singing carols in 1998 pretty much sums up the year

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12. Is that not reminding you of the Celtic tiger? In 1999, models launched a 1995 Blanc de Noir Champagne exclusive to Brown Thomas for the millennium

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Wudja be able.

13. Kids still hated waiting in Brown Thomas for their mams in 1999

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14. Arnotts sales were the greatest

Check out the old Penneys bag! Giz those Fruit of the Loom jumpers!

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15. The Brown Thomas Santa has only improved

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16. Grafton Street in 1998 was just as festive

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17. Remember little Jack Gleeson as Tiny Tim in a Christmas Carol in the Gate Theatre in 2001?

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18. Roches was the highlight of Henry Street

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19. Oh how far we’ve come since 2001

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20. The Clerys Santa in 2002 is giving us all sorts of nostalgic emotions

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21. People were still mad for Penneys in 2002

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22. Dublin airport’s cigarette-like Christmas decorations of 2002 won’t be forgotten quickly

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23. We won’t know what to do without the Clery’s sales this year

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24. The forty foot swim is still going strong

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25. Remember when Joe Duffy hit the streets to sing a song with Brendan O Carroll in 2002?

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26. Never forget the Roches Stores Christmas windows

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27. Sure town was only buzzing come 2005

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Almost TWELVE YEARS AGO lads.

28. Ah, Christmas in Dublin just can’t be beaten

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Written by Nicola Byrne and posted on DailyEdge.ie

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