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GALLERY: Coming home for Christmas

Family and friends greet loved ones ahead of Christmas (warning:the sentimental among you *may* cry…)

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THERE’S NOTHING LIKE seeing family greeting each other at the arrivals gate to give you the warm-and-fuzzies, is there?

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  • Coming home for Christmas

    Paige Kinstler, 14, from Florida meets family at Southwest Florida International Airport Thursday, 22 December. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Tristan Spinski)

  • Coming home for Christmas

    George Poli, Paige Kinstler, Connie Kinstler, and Jill Kinstler wear Santa hats as they prepare to greet Cynthia Smith at Southwest Florida International. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Tristan Spinski

  • Coming home for Christmas

    Dylan Horwitz, 8, from Fairfield, Connecticut, sprints into the arms of her grandparents, Gwen Asher and Ken Asher at Southwest Florida International. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Tristan Spinski)

  • Coming home for Christmas

    Paula Rooney originally from Ringsend, Dublin is greeted home by her father John and sister Georgina Montgomery today in T2 at Dublin Airport after returning home from Vancouver, Canada, after nearly two years. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

  • Coming home for Christmas

    Paula Rooney (centre) is surrounded by her family and friends after returning home from Vancouver, Canada. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

  • Coming home for Christmas

    Pictured are mother Cathy Sammon and sister Seana, left, welcoming back Aoidin who arrived home for Christmas to Dublin Airport from London where she moved earlier this year. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

  • Coming home for Christmas

    Luke Kelly, originally from Dunboyne, Co Meath, is welcomed home by his mother Joan Coogan Kelly, father Eamonn and brother Neal after arriving to Dublin Airport from Sydney, Australia, where he has been living for six years. Luke has not been home for three years, and this time brought his partner Tegan Hinchey to meet his family for the first time. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

  • Coming home for Christmas

    Luke Kelly is welcomed home by his mother Joan Coogan Kelly, father Eamonn and brother Neal (not pictured) after arriving to Dublin Airport from Sydney, Australia, where he has been living for six years. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

  • Coming home for Christmas

    Pictured are, from left, Marie Smith, six-month-old Sarah Rose Nolan, Ciaran Brennan, Nicola Smith, Susan McFarlane, seven-month-old TJ Costello, Ciara McFarlane, Paddy Smith and Gillian Smith from Airfield, Co Dublin welcoming back for Christmas cousins Ciaran, Susan and Nicola from Perth, Australia to Dublin Airport. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

  • Coming home for Christmas

    Pictured is Graham Owens from Malahide, Co Dublin, waiting for his girlfriend Ruth Cranks to arrive for Christmas to Dublin Airport from London where she has been living for three years. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
  • Paige Kinstler, 14, from Florida meets family at Southwest Florida International Airport Thursday, 22 December. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Tristan Spinski)
  • George Poli, Paige Kinstler, Connie Kinstler, and Jill Kinstler wear Santa hats as they prepare to greet Cynthia Smith at Southwest Florida International. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Tristan Spinski
  • Dylan Horwitz, 8, from Fairfield, Connecticut, sprints into the arms of her grandparents, Gwen Asher and Ken Asher at Southwest Florida International. (AP Photo/Naples Daily News, Tristan Spinski)
  • Paula Rooney originally from Ringsend, Dublin is greeted home by her father John and sister Georgina Montgomery today in T2 at Dublin Airport after returning home from Vancouver, Canada, after nearly two years. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
  • Paula Rooney (centre) is surrounded by her family and friends after returning home from Vancouver, Canada. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
  • Pictured are mother Cathy Sammon and sister Seana, left, welcoming back Aoidin who arrived home for Christmas to Dublin Airport from London where she moved earlier this year. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
  • Luke Kelly, originally from Dunboyne, Co Meath, is welcomed home by his mother Joan Coogan Kelly, father Eamonn and brother Neal after arriving to Dublin Airport from Sydney, Australia, where he has been living for six years. Luke has not been home for three years, and this time brought his partner Tegan Hinchey to meet his family for the first time. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
  • Luke Kelly is welcomed home by his mother Joan Coogan Kelly, father Eamonn and brother Neal (not pictured) after arriving to Dublin Airport from Sydney, Australia, where he has been living for six years. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
  • Pictured are, from left, Marie Smith, six-month-old Sarah Rose Nolan, Ciaran Brennan, Nicola Smith, Susan McFarlane, seven-month-old TJ Costello, Ciara McFarlane, Paddy Smith and Gillian Smith from Airfield, Co Dublin welcoming back for Christmas cousins Ciaran, Susan and Nicola from Perth, Australia to Dublin Airport. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland
  • Pictured is Graham Owens from Malahide, Co Dublin, waiting for his girlfriend Ruth Cranks to arrive for Christmas to Dublin Airport from London where she has been living for three years. Photo Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

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