Miriam chats to those working on the day – a doctor, a nurse, a guard and a volunteer who cooks dinner for people on Christmas Day – about how they celebrate the day…
We hear from Wade Murphy on what to eat on Christmas night when you get the nibbles after the big meal earlier in the day…
We have readings from Donegal playwright Frank McGuinness and Laureate for Irish Fiction Colm Toibin… and reflections from Fr. Michael Collins and Church of Ireland Bishop of Meath and Kildare Pat Storey…
And festive music peppered throughout the programme from Claudia Boyle, Ukrainian opera singer Olga Doroschuck, Lisa O’Neill and Leah Barniville…