Santy's One Too Many

22nd Dec 2009

Santy's One Too Many

Due to the cold weather Santy will be starting his journey across Ireland from Cork this year. As Corkonian families are more generous with food and drink for the big man and his troupe of reindeers the extra sustenance will help to keep them warm on their long journey around the country. It's also a fact that Cork isn't as cold as the rest of the country - our natural warmth as Ireland's friendliest tribe keeps us nice and cosy.

Don't leave booze out for the big fella.

After Santy's rounds last year many mums and dads were concerned that the big man might have drunk too much whisky and brandy as an extra bright red nose was reported by many parents who were up late enough to see the famous sleigh pass over the city.

Reports also suggest that a hazy eyed Santy was found sleeping in one Farranree home by a feen's dad who heard loud snoring about 1.30am on Christmas Eve.

Mumbling that a drink he had at one Ballyvolane household was spiked Santy thanked the man for waking him, climbed back on the roof to the sleigh and his, now cold and upset, reindeers and set off on his journey north following the Mallow Road at high speed.

Later many Mallow residents reported loud bangs followed by bellowing laughter on their roofs as a merry Santy regularly forgot to put out his sleigh's landing gear and made dramatic wobbly landings.

Reliable sources at both the North Pole and residents on Barrack Street have denied Santy was seen leaving a well known pub in the historic Cork area just before midnight.