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Let t er Fr om THE PUBLISHER Dear Friends and Readers Well 2020 is drawing to a close with some trepidation and relief for most of us, I will risk saying. I exchange ideas with a lot of people and that seems to be the consensus.

If there was ever a time in my life when the opening lines of A TALE OF TWO CITIES spoke to us it has been the past nine months. The bad times part seemed to bring out the utterly worst batch of people (thinking collectively) from hoarders and politicians to insufferable loud mouths of every ilk. The flip side, the decency and goodness brought forth all year from the very best and sweetest among us has been a joy to experience and see. From selfless essential and medical workers, public service people to everyday heroes, friends All the best to you and and family who all simply always just did your s. A Ver y M er r y their best.

As we all endure and persevere, may we all pledge to help each other and work together to build a better future. These cultural wars and made up tribes do not work. We need to simply sear off division and work on compromise and unity! Easier said than done, but well worth a shot.

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T h e M agi c O f C h r i st m as

By M ary Curtin

Mary Curtin; Poet, Writer and Director lives in Cork.

Her current project is a book of Short Stories. See her Christmas 2019 poem on our website.

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Can I with words recapture The magic, wonder, rapture Of long ago and Christmas past?

Can I perhaps this moment cast My mind and memory to that time When everything had sense and rhyme; The candle, the ivy, the berries, the holly; The Christmas cards of laughing jolly Santa Clauses dressed in red; The mistletoe above my head; The love I felt but never said.

The lights, the sparkle, the sweet surprise When I turned and looked into your eyes.

Here is the church and here is the steeple And midnight Mass full of people; Intoxicated whiskied breaths Mixed with perfume, prayers, and blessed With heady incense that fills the air Permeating clothes and hair.

Choirs singing, bells ringing, Hugs and smiles and tears and frowns And?Welcome homes?and half a crowns, And snow falling and friends calling And gifts and tinsel and frosty skies?

And those eyes? those eyes.

Walking home in brand new shoes And clothes we didn?t get to choose But happy in our new found wealth; In food and gifts and youth and health; And out of the silent nighted throng A drunken voice is raised in song ?How warm our love in cold December?

And even now I still remember The sights, the sounds, the whispered sighs, And someone always says ?time flies? ? and it does.

But those eyes, those eyes, those eyes.

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CRAFTERS OF IRELAND An Ir ish En t r epr en eu r h as f ou n ded a m u ch n eeded or gan izat ion in Ir elan d t h at can an d sh ou ld h ave f ar r each in g oppor t u n it ies f or all of u s. CRAFTERS OF IRELAND of f er s bot h seller s an d con su m er s a ch an ce t o con n ect w it h each ot h er in an all en com passin g, h an ds on ALL THINGS IRISH M ar k et place. It is a specialized Ir ish In t er est Social M edia/ Am azon -esqu e/ Et sy plat f or m all r olled in t o on e f r ien dly. ef f icien t pack age. We applau d it an d su ppor t it .

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CRAFTERS is an outgrowth of her consulting; designing, and delivering workshops for business development. It was through her mentoring sessions and business advisory clinics that she met a multitude of crafters, artists and designers who made one-of-a-kind, bespoke items. However, these Irish based micro businesses sometimes struggled with visibility, sales, and growth.

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Or la in clu des t h e h essian sack clot h f abr ic in t o h er h an d bu ilt cer am ics. Each piece h as t h e h essian f abr ic r olled in t o t h e clay, leavin g beh in d it s dist in ct design ; t h en t h e design ed clay is f or m ed by Or la t o cr eat e a sack lik e con t ain er . Th ese ?sack s? ar e t h e f u n ct ion al con t em por ar y an d st ylish h om e-w ar e collect ion of t ea bag an d k it ch en u t en sil h older s. ?We ar e deligh t ed t o be par t of Cr af t er s of Ir elan d it is a u n iqu e ser vice f or cr af t er s, ar t ist s an d design er s based in Ir elan d?.

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West Cor k Cast in g St u dio The founder of the studio, Maura is a self-taught craft worker. Her small business, West Cork Casting Studio, was set up in 2017 and specialises in creating bespoke, deeply emotional family heirlooms and keepsakes. Her main discipline is lifecasting, where she specialises in casting the hands of family groups together as heirloom keepsakes.During the initial lockdown all face to face casting work had to cease and during this period Maura taught herself how to make fingerprint silver jewellery and most recently again had added hand and foot print impression to the jewellery range. Says Maura, "I am delighted to be part of Crafters of Ireland, it is a new and innovative support service for creatives based in Ireland."

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Kilkenny Carton St udio's Wolfwalkers Just released Irish animated feat ure from Ireland 's Cartoon Saloon.

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