An extract from a documentary from the Discovery series showing children playing with a wide range of toys, and reading books at the Brown Thomas Department Store, on Grafton Street in Dublin in 1965.

A shop manager talks about moves to protect the store from shoplifting at this time of the year. Children tell Santa what they would like for Christmas this year. 

This episode of 'Discovery' examines one aspect of the commercialisation of Christmas in the form of the 'Store Santa Claus'.

'Discovery' was a documentary series broadcast on RTÉ between 1964 and 1967. Discovery, which first aired on Tuesday, 14 January, 1964 touched on many aspects of Irish life with an occasional spotlight on events of particular interest.

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