Elves Peppermint, Evie and trainee elf Alabaster Snowball - aka Graham Clifford - pictured at Fota Beyond Christmas Experience at Fota Island Resort, Co. Cork. Picture: Clare Keogh ...

I inquired of Head Elf Leahy what elf name I should assume. I had been hoping it would be something simple, like Bill, Bill from the Indo, or Bilbo. Alabaster Snowballs was the answer.

That’s where Elf Gumdrop works. However, she first visited the North Pole Experience as a child. “Definitely an experience I will remember for a while,” Gumdrop said.