An eight-year-old Dublin boy had a birthday party to remember last week when his family transformed their home into the North Pole.
Bobby Walsh Mooney, from Finglas, is a Christmas fanatic, so he was overjoyed when Santa, Frosty the Snowman, and The Grinch attended his birthday party.
Bobby, who has autism, has struggled to make friends throughout the years and has never had pals attend his birthday parties before.
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But thanks to the FAI's Football For All programme, local football team Finglas United, and the Meeting Place Arch Club Finglas, Bobby has recently made some great friends who all celebrated his big day with him.
Bobby's mam Cindy, dad Gerald, sisters Charlotte and Sophia and members of the Finglas community all worked together to make his eighth birthday special.
Cindy told Dublin Live: "There were inflatables inside and a big Frosty The Snowman out in the back garden.
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"We had Christmas lights, Christmas t-shirts and Frosty The Snowman cake.
"We had Santy and Mrs Claus visit and also The Grinch. The kids were jumping on him on the bouncy castle. Everyone thought it was amazing.
"I'd say the neighbours thought I was nuts because we had the huge Frosty the Snowman out the back garden!"
Cindy explained how the FAI's Football For All programme, which caters to people with a disability who want to play the sport, has transformed Bobby's life.
She said: "We play with Finglas United Football for All.
"This is the first year he's ever had friends at a birthday party because of his disability he doesn't really go out playing.
"It was really nice for him. So he had friends there from the football and from his meetings at the Meeting Place Arch Club in Finglas.
"He really had a great day."
Cindy said that Bobby, who is known as "Christmas Bobby", has been obsessed with the festive season for about two years now.
He has transformed his bedroom into a winter wonderland and is always decked out in Christmas clothes.
She said: "He's in Christmas clothes all year round. He has a collection of Christmas jumpers, pyjamas and socks and he's always wearing them.
"He wears his Christmas hat every single day. He has a Christmas hat and a cap and he always has one of them on.
"He's known around, down at the Football For All, anybody that knows him calls him Christmas Bobby."
Cindy said her son has an eagle eye for Christmas decorations and always spots them.
"He's like a magpie when it comes to decorations. He'd spot them anywhere," she said.
"During Christmas he goes into overload. His bedroom is covered in decorations all year round.
"He was in Temple Street at the end of January. Christmas was over but he managed to spot a decoration that they obviously forgot to take down.
"The girls in the hospital ended up giving him that and also gave him a book of Christmas stories."
Cindy wanted to thank all those who helped Bobby have his dream birthday party, including Joe and Bernadette Lynch who were Santy and Mrs Claus, Callum Tiernan who was the Grinch and Dylan Walsh who supplied the big inflatable Frosty The Snowman.
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