A DUBLIN office worker with an insatiable appetite for inflicting suffering on others suggested what ‘fun’ it would be for staff at Faughton & Nelson to bravely carry on with the annual office Christmas party over Zoom this year. “Oh, just think of the craic; quizzes, games, prizes, raising a glass of bubbly over Zoom… Read more »
In the latest installment of our WWN Voices series we give a platform to people we really shouldn’t. This week, it’s the turn of man who could spend his time so much more constructively, Alan McKinley, who believes the whole concept of Christmas is over if that word is bleeped out on the radio. “If… Read more »
WITH A torrent of sentimental Christmas ads invading TV channels again, WWN travels to London to go undercover as a junior copywriter to see how the professionals manage to shred viewers’ heartstrings and produce a successful tearjerker of a Christmas TV ad. Following a 20 minute personality test which resulted in a score of ‘dangerously… Read more »
BOLSTERING their capacity to issue recommendations and advice, the CMO confirmed in a press conference that the Grinch should suffice. Citing the Who-ville resident’s past experience with Christmas cancelling measures, NPHET have given mean Mr. Grinch oversight in all aspects of future recommendations that would involve tempering expectations that Christmas 2020 will be in anyway… Read more »
CLARIFYING some elements of his speech to the nation last night, Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed that the next six weeks of lockdown have to go well if ‘we are to all go absolutely, balls-to-wall Irish-style mental over the Christmas’. “Horsing pints down your gullet like it was a Covid-19 vaccine while your head is squeezed… Read more »
A COMPANY new to the Irish market is offering a service, which involves sending a doppleganger home in your place for the Christmas to endure your complex family dynamics for you, has been forced to hire 100 more staff to cope with increased interest from the public. “We’re out the door at the minute,” shared… Read more »
NORTH Pole-based magical toy distributor Santa Claus has announced that he may be forced to shutter his operation for the foreseeable future, if something isn’t done about the soaring cost of his insurance premiums. Like a lot of businesses Santa has seen his insurance costs soar for years, forcing him to downgrade his cover from… Read more »
THE SWEDISH teenage climate activist admitted the move would understandably upset some people but that the damage done to the environment generated by the making, wrapping and posting of gifts, and the gas-guzzling flights home to loved ones is too severe and must end. The cancellation of the beloved celebrations will come as a blow… Read more »
THE ISPCA has issued its annual warning to parents and gift-givers ahead of Christmas, urging them to reconsider giving their kids dangerous wild lizards such as Komodo dragons, Gila monsters and Asian water monitors as gifts this year. “It may seem like a good idea to give little Johnny or little Una a nine-foot, 200lb… Read more »
DUBLIN WOMAN Joanne Brophy has lodged an appeal and will take her case to the Supreme Court after refusing to accept spending this Christmas with her boyfriend Noel Manley’s family despite previously agreeing to the terms he had set out. It will now be up to the highest court in the land to rule on… Read more »