It was December 18 in the Black Box & the theme was Christmas, here are three stories & two mini-stories from that evening: Paul Bond gets the best present ever; Rachael Harriott gets the best mum ever; Michael McKnight has the most expensive Christmas ever. Pádraig & Paul reveal Xmas traumas.

Tenx9 is a monthly storytelling event where nine people have up to ten minutes to tell a true story from their own life on a particular theme. It began in Belfast in 2011, started by Pádraig Ó Tuama & Paul Doran, and as well as filling the main venue in the Black Box, it has spread to Scotland, England, USA, Canada, Netherlands & Australia. While it draws on the tradition of oral storytelling, we also encourage the shy, the nervous & the reticent.