Wednesday 30 October, 2024

This cartoon perfectly sums up the struggle of getting your mam a Christmas present

“Sure don’t worry about me, I don’t want anything.”

EVERY DECEMBER, the horror begins anew: What to get Mam for Christmas? Decades and dozens of pashminas later, she still won’t drop one hint.

The very talented Maria of Twisted Doodles has summed the struggle up in one.

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If only such a gift range existed, we cry. If only.

Check out more Twisted Doodles here, and get some excellent TD Christmas cards here.

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Valerie Loftus

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This cartoon perfectly sums up the struggle of getting your mam a Christmas present

Saoirse Ronan celebrated her Golden Globe nomination in this Dublin nail salon>

11 Christmas presents for the bearded Irish man>