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As I got a little older, I was always waiting for the ‘parcel from England’ to arrive in December. My mum’s sisters or Irish granny often sent aFootball Wood Ornament Xmas Tree Ornaments Christmas Tree Decor of clothes and other bits. Those parcels had a SMELL to them, vague perfume and something I’ve never been able to identify , but I always thought…’this is the smell of England’. I would hear the parcel van’s brakes squeal and rush to the window to see it the delivery was for us. One year my Aunt Kathleen sent a RECORD with a recording of her voice, sending us Christmas Greetings. It seemed magic in about ’67 to hear an ordinary person’s voice on vinyl. She also sent a copy of a photo of my cousin Kevin with Father Christmas in his long robe at some big London shop. I remember being puzzled that he looked a little different than Santa Claus, and so my mum explained how in England Santa was Father Christmas.