Here are two of the December 25 newborns, one who was born at the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in west Belfast, and one at the Ulster Hospital in the east of the city, at Dundonald.
Mum Chloe Coggles gave birth to a baby boy (7lb 06oz) who emerged into the world at 9:57 am.
Also born at the RVH mother Margaret Watiri was a baby girl, weighing 8lb11oz, who arrived at 3.36 am (see the picture on our front page).
At the Ulster Hospital, mum Jesna Antony gave birth to a daughter Mirrah Mariam Manu at 12.25am, weighing 6lb 3oz.
These bundles of joy are only a small sample of the newborns who emerged on Christmas Day in Northern Ireland yesterday. Around 20,000 people are born every year in the province, which is an average of approximately 50 new babies every day.
1. Mum Chloe Coggles and her baby boy
Mum Chloe Coggles and her baby boy (7lb 06oz), pictured with her father, born at 9.57am at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Picture: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press Photo: Pacemaker
2. Jesna Antony and daughter Mirrah Mariam Manu
Jesna Antony and her baby daughter Mirrah Mariam Manu in the Ulster Hospital. Mirrah Mariam Manu was born at 12.25am on Christmas Day and weighed 6lb 3oz. Photo by Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye Photo: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye
3. Ulster Hospital Maternity Ward staff
Labour Ward Sister Tracy McAllister and staff from the Maternity Ward of the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald who were on duty on Christmas Day. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye. Photo: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye
4. Mum Margaret Watiri and Dad Chris McKenna
Mum Margaret Watiri and Dad Chris McKenna and their baby girl, at the Royal Victoria. Picture by: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press Photo: Arthur Allison