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Irish Politician
Irish politician's speech interrupted by his musical tie
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CNN  — 

Lawmakers are used to being interrupted when they’re speaking on the floor of the parliament. But not by their own neck tie.

Irish politician Aengus ó Snodaigh was talking about the very important issue of workers exposed to asbestos when his festive neck tie started singing.

ó Snodaigh never missed a beat, continuing his speech as the tie played ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ and ‘We Wish you a Merry Christmas.’

Bewildered parliamentarians looked around to see where the music was coming from.

The red tie, with Santa Claus shimmying down toward a house, has a new owner, but no word from ó Snodaigh on why he gave it away.

“Delighted with my new Christmas tie given to me by @aosnodaigh after making its Dail debut today,” posted fellow congressman,Jim Daly.