Is it possible the recent wave of Celtic entertainment began with Tomaseen Foley and "A Celtic Christmas"? It's possible... he's certainly been at this for a while.
Foley grew up in Ireland in the 1950s, when life was still primitive in some ways.
He gathered up his stories and some musicians, singers, and dancers, and staged his first Christmas show nearly two decades ago.
It returns to the Cascade Theatre in Redding and the Craterian in Medford this weekend; Tom Foley grabs a chair in the studio to talk about his travels.