It continues to be difficult to really explain the #LateLateToyShow to people who haven't seen it before. I mean, on a surface level it's easy, but beneath that, the true pathos and chaos and wonder is very localised. I'm not saying it couldn't happen outside Ireland, but...

@natural20 I’m from the north, and didn’t even have RTE until I was about 11. We never watched the Toy Show, and as a result I’ve never really gotten into it. My wife, on the other hand, only had RTÉ for most of her youth, so she loves the Toy Show, and is always trying to get the kids into it.

@mo My darling @shevyf has only started watching it in the last decade or so since moving here from Scotland and she's fully embraced the whole thing. It is possible to buy in as an adult. :) I mean, a lot of people I know, including myself, wouldn't have imagined watching it in their twenties after obsessing about it as kids.

@natural20 @mo @shevyf I have gone the opposite way - having been raised on the toy show I now live in Scotland and miss it every year. Enjoy it for me please! I'll be keeping an eye on the hashtag