| Christmas eve, there is a cold wind, the temperatures in the desert dip below freezing. |
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| Many seem to feel that one way to put Christ back into Christmas is by displaying a Nativity scene. |
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| After Christmas the men load the cold decks, using horse, power, onto sleds which are either pulled by horses or trucks or tractors. |
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| Quest offers everything from information on the history of Christmas cards and how to make them, to what is and how to make a Christingle. |
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| Like a child awaiting Christmas morning, I impatiently count down the seconds. |
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| But this is the week before Christmas and later in the day there will be hot winds, dust and flies. |
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| I'm getting him more stuff than the rest of the fam because he always gives me lifts, plus he bought me cool Christmas and birthday pressies. |
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| Michelle and dad Tony brought her home for five treasured days over Christmas so the family could be together. |
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| One month later, just before Christmas, Jayson punched a hole in the French doors of their house and threw a broom at Dionne. |
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| Pink clothes, a fluffy portable radio and a CD player to play her Barbie girl CD have all delighted her this Christmas. |
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| A family of five today told how they cheated death when a gas blast ripped through their York home on Christmas Day. |
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| Packages decorated with fancy paper and ribbons are placed lovingly under the tree in anticipation of Christmas morning. |
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| At first it was a passing fancy, but by Christmas he had talked himself into it. |
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| And here's the impossibly blond and blue-eyed sweet boy, aged maybe five, standing in front of a Christmas tree. |
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| Archer received 2,000 Christmas cards himself, and bags of fan mail are still delivered to him each week. |
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| These are haunting, almost surrealistic, impressionistic versions of what Christmas Eve can be. |
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| Written for Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Die Natali is a fantasy on Christmas carols. |
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| It also revealed Hereford as home to the country's most devoted churchgoers, with one in 10 expected to turn out this Christmas. |
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| It is the Ghost of Christmas Past, and he takes Scrooge to the previous Christmases of his life. |
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| For a persistent majority of Canadians, Christmas is typically the most important day of their year. |
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| All the major fashion houses are having sales, though some have jumped the gun by offering discounts before Christmas. |
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| Sometimes it gets almost to Christmas Eve and nothing has come and then suddenly it's there. |
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| The party includes a full Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, drinks and music. |
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| For Briggs, an only child, Christmas evokes memories of happier Christmases past, when his mother and father and his wife were still alive. |
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| The clubs first photo shoot last week, photographing the Christmas lights in Newport and Westport was voted a great success! |
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| The lingerie shop in the high street of Morzine, a small town in the Haute Savoie region of France, is always busy in the days after Christmas. |
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| He was a photomicrographer, illustrating his Christmas cards with photographs of his micromounts. |
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| The Christmas tree was gone, and Maggie had set up a faux fireplace in its place. |
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| All commemoratives, except Christmas stamps, issued between 1898 and 1998 are included in the study. |
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| Amongst the sweets is Xmas Igloo, Christmas pudding ice cream made with brandy. |
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| Most economic commentators now expect interest to be cut at least once more before Christmas. |
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| It celebrates not only Christmas but the artistic and commercial peak of the golden age of popular song writing. |
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| The modern, more commercialized Christmas began to emerge in the 19 th century with the new custom of purchasing gifts for young children. |
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| I love Christmas, and whilst some Christmases have been better than others it is an event I look forward to every year. |
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| Even if it's too late for this Christmas, how about a New Year resolution to do at least 20 minutes' exercise three times a week? |
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| Record-breaking numbers of holidaymakers are expected to head for the sun and slopes from Stansted Airport this Christmas. |
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| The indicator board next to the executive officer's chair lights up like a Christmas tree. |
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| I haven't even made my usual jars of piccalilli or sweetcorn relish to have with the Christmas ham. |
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| So last Christmas I suggested to my brother-in-law that we do something different. |
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| Also coming up is a federation cabaret and flower arranging display as well as the federation Christmas party taking place in December. |
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| It's a great showcase of local talent and the perfect place to pick up an unusual and individual Christmas gift. |
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| At my suggestion, my 78-year-old mother has given my son a Thrasher subscription as a Christmas gift for the past several years. |
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| There are plenty of attractions including an indoor Christmas market and children's fairground. |
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| The boxes are now on their way to needy children in other parts of the world where they will bring joy and happiness to many this Christmas. |
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| He gathers together his company after the performance on Christmas Eve on stage. |
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| It is commendable, therefore, that the Trades Union Congress is collecting and distributing toys to refugee children this Christmas. |
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| But I can't say we didn't try to have that picture-perfect Christmas season. |
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| He is the picture-perfect intellectual, born and bred in an ideal home where Christmas always comes with a tree and lots of presents. |
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| On hearing about financial problems striking firemen may face this Christmas, a boy persuaded his mum to buy some gifts for their children. |
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| If you want to remember a lost loved one in your thoughts this Christmas, sponsor a light for them and raise money for St Raphael's hospice. |
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| That suggests that people are using money in their piggy banks to fund a lot of their Christmas shopping this year. |
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| The Popstars girls are out in front early lead in the fight for the Christmas number one, early music industry figures showed. |
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| The district carol service and our own Marks and Spencer at Christmas remind us the festive season is nearly here. |
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| His coachbuilder father, who was born during the festive season, was called Christmas. |
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| Merry Christmas to you all and all the best for a fantastic festive season with friends and loved ones! |
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| Thieves are also looking out for Christmas treats and could ruin the festive season for many. |
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| The final act of Christmas, it marks the end of the festive season, I guess. |
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| Since we neared the festive season of Christmas parties have been going on nonstop. |
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| A Christmas tree has been erected every year on the Square for the festive season. |
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| One of the great traditions of the festive season in the UK is the Christmas pantomime. |
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| The clock ticks ever nearer to Christmas, and I am edging into a festive mood. |
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| The closest I've felt to festiveness thus far was at my work Christmas function, but that might have actually been drunkenness. |
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| This year I'm getting three times as much festivity by celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving, US Thanksgiving and Christmas. |
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| Come along and enjoy a good night's dancing and start the Christmas festivities early. |
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| McDonald said that very generally, he wanted to appeal to women on nights out to take particular care this Christmas. |
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| The public was urged to be vigilant when out and about this Christmas, especially if people saw suspicious packages, objects or vehicles. |
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| It could be for a relative who lives overseas or a grandchild whom grandparents do not see at Christmas. |
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| Pennypinching local businesses have been blamed for a festive blackout which will leave Ongar High Street in the dark this Christmas. |
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| City of York Trading Standards is often at its busiest in the festive season investigating scams and cons that can spoil many people's Christmas. |
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| A warm welcome home is extended to all visitors to our community who have travelled from near and far to be with loved ones this Christmas. |
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| The station commander said it was designed to be a light-hearted reminder to motorists to drive safely this Christmas. |
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| The first semester was okay, but after Christmas I started to pine for home, wishing I was closer, that I could just be there. |
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| Atrazine is mainly applied to corn and soybean crops, but is also used on sorghum, sugarcane, pineapple, turf grass, and Christmas tree farms. |
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| So I say leave Christmas Day alone, shopworkers want to be with their families at this time of year, not stuck behind some checkout. |
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| They are both Coleopterans, one is a Christmas beetle and one is a Mealworm beetle. |
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| Here's a fiendishly clever game that will keep you engaged until Halloween, or Christmas, depending on how unbusy you are. |
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| Bryan's father, my mom's brother and his wife had left the week before Christmas to drive to Florida in their fifth wheel and new trailer. |
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| The broadcast is packed with Christmas music, as John Rutter conducts the choir and the orchestra. |
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| As soon as the hour hand marked the beginning of Christmas Day, Oz's heart monitor began to beep a bit faster. |
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| The beetle pictured above is known as a Christmas beetle and would be familiar to many. |
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| I also added some dried cranberries to give a bit of Christmas touch to the cookies with their color combined with green from pistachios. |
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| We came here last year for Christmas and you couldn't find a piste to ski there were so many people. |
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| The first of Selby's three deep pits, Wistow, is due to close by Christmas, followed by the other two, Stillingfleet and Riccall, next year. |
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| The pensioners' Christmas bonus, was, in that overall scheme, an insignificant measure that amounted to a token of the government's intent. |
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| They pitched up at the air station the night before main Christmas leave began, so many of the Naval Air Squadrons had already left. |
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| I recall Birmingham City Councils pitiful attempt to rebrand the Christmas period winterval. |
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| So shops that put their Christmas goods on display in September are certainly filling a need. |
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| Several years ago now, largely at my instigation, the turkey got fired from our family Christmas dinner. |
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| I grew up in Melbourne in the 60s and 70s where Christmas beetles were iridescent. |
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| If you don't want to diminish the Christmas morning surprise, wrap stocking stuffers in plain white or silver paper before tucking them inside. |
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| One time we got to spend one Christmas on a conjugal visit before they took conjugal visits away from lifers. |
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| The plantation produces both conifers and deciduous trees for the Christmas tree and landscape markets. |
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| The employees have been told of the decision and have been urged not to go around demanding Christmas boxes from residents. |
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| The act of consigning Christmas to the nether regions of the storage unit started an organizational blizzard. |
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| I give the postman and the window cleaner a Christmas box, and occasionally put some money in it too. |
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| The consort will be performing excerpts from JS Bach's Christmas Oratorio with organ, trumpets and timpani. |
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| So how about the bin men knocking at the door every Christmas for their Christmas box? |
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| Shortly before Christmas 1943 a young Scottish officer faced a Japanese firing squad in an anonymous execution ground in Hong Kong. |
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| The couple have attended the Christmas plays at the school every year since Daniel was five. |
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| But they aren't happy about shelling out for Christmas boxes, and they're rather worried about crime. |
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| If, as they say, Christmas is a time for family, then the first family of Celtic music in Alberta, The McDades, is doing it up right. |
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| People who are being harassed for Christmas boxes have been asked to report such incidents to the Pikitup call centre. |
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| And I'll just be spending the next period of months in the lead-up to Christmas contemplating my longer-term future. |
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| Toy industry experts say that such war-themed playthings will be booming this Christmas. |
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| The speeches by spiritual heads were interspaced with Christmas carols by leading church choirs from the city. |
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| The whole area seemed rather peaceful, basking in the comfort and content of Christmas. |
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| They're on the phone pleasantly discussing the niceties of the forthcoming Christmas season. |
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| On Christmas Day, at least, we hope to bring plenty and warmth to all such cases. |
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| At Christmas we leave a note on the front door asking the postman to call at the back door for his Christmas box. |
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| And remember to get your poinsettias and your Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti ready for well-timed holiday color. |
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| But the plucky youngster has now made a full recovery and is looking forward to a happy Christmas with her family. |
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| There are ten units in all, with an introduction on the history of the Christmas carol. |
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| I will be taking her to a pediatric urologist after Christmas, to check out her plumbing. |
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| By Victorian times, the plum pudding was a major part of the Christmas feast, brought to the table with great pomp. |
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| Every fall, my Christmas cactus displays a spectacular profusion of blooms on a covered patio in San Mateo, California. |
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| It was Christmas Day in the workhouse, and the inmates sat down to a meal of roast beef and pork, followed by plum pudding and fruit. |
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| Christmas supper includes meat such as chicken and ham followed by plum pudding. |
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| For anyone interested in ordering Christmas cakes or plum puddings, please do so at this market. |
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| I was walking in those woods on Christmas Day just as the sun was going down. |
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| Sweets and plum pudding are an absolute must during Christmas and a precious tradition too. |
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| The first prize is a Christmas hamper and other prizes include a Christmas cake, whiskey, wine, plum pudding and sweets. |
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| It's pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, and plum pudding for Christmas, and some chocolates for Easter. |
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| The Home Secretary is recovering well and is in contact with the office, although he will use the Christmas period to convalesce fully. |
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| The meeting was told how he even allowed one Christmas Day to be interrupted to go and unblock a resident's toilet with his own plunger! |
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| Help a less fortunate family for Christmas by providing all the fixings for a Christmas meal, presents for the children and clothes if needed. |
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| The best flowers to give at Christmas time are orchids, holly, poinsettias, and the Christmas cactus as well as any red flower. |
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| Only Christmas gets consumers dipping into their pocketbooks with such happy abandon. |
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| Her current assignment is getting the new flagship store up and running well in time for Christmas. |
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| The majority of children receive identical red jumpsuits and a pocket book of Christmas themed party literature. |
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| Podding the peas on Christmas morning was usually a shared chore for the family. |
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| For her, the most special family tradition is Christmas baking, which involves preparing delicious cakes and cookies for the whole family. |
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| It had a sprung floor and when mum and dad bought me a pogo stick for Christmas I went straight through it. |
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| It may also be because fewer of the pohutukawas are the native pohutukawas which flower only at Christmas. |
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| While poinsettia is the most popular, a Christmas cactus in full bloom is a great gift and easy to care for once the flowers have faded. |
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| Their hideout has been festively decorated with Christmas presents, poinsettias and a sleigh. |
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| Even after two eternal, painful years, flowers still graced the headstone, every Sunday, and poinsettias every Christmas. |
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| They would like you to contribute Christmas cakes, buns, shortbread, and mince pies. |
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| Now is the time to make your Christmas cake in order to give it time to mature. |
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| The Christmas cakes at that time were all rich plum cakes with white icing. |
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| Christmas is often a flashpoint for domestic violence due to increased drinking, tension over money and contact with family members. |
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| He had been driving a mile home from a friend's house, where he had had wine and Irish coffee with Christmas dinner. |
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| Boxing day was ironically better than both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. |
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| Also, if you are interested in ordering Christmas cakes or plum puddings, please contact the above number. |
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| The minister has been accused of overstepping the mark when stopping the teachers' pay prior to Christmas. |
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| All the cake, chocs, biscuits and other fattening foodstuffs we tend to overstock on for Christmas. |
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| The Golden Years Christmas party went with a swing on Friday in the community centre. |
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| Orders may now be placed for Christmas cakes, puddings, turkeys, geese etc. |
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| Or use plain boxes and decoupage or paste recycled Christmas cards on the lid. |
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| Police had sent Christmas cards to many of Oldham's most prolific burglars warning them to spend the festive period at home. |
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| The annual Garda anti drink-driving campaign at Christmas time is now in full swing. |
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| The last time I heard from him he'd sent me a Christmas card with a message saying that he'd moved, but forgot to put his new address on it! |
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| I told Amy that my mom sends Christmas cards to people she met in the dentist office waiting room. |
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| A few years ago someone mailed us a beautiful Christmas card with Mary and Jesus on the front. |
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| As we spoke, she showed me a Christmas card which had been sent to her by a widow in East Sussex. |
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| These filled shoe boxes are Christmas presents that we hope will bring some cheer to these children on Christmas morning. |
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| In fact, you can even do away with Christmas cards altogether, unless the person you are sending it to is especially near and dear. |
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| It was an evening of rejoicing and good cheer at the annual switching on of the Foxford Christmas Lights. |
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| I'd love to say that we're still in touch and she sends me Christmas cards every year but that just isn't the case. |
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| We are also urging businesses not to send Christmas cards, but instead donate money to the appeal. |
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| The boys and girls were asked to design and make a Christmas card suitable for sending to senior citizens and people living alone. |
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| A couple who once had to wait 12 years for a Christmas card to be delivered have experienced more postal problems. |
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| For example, each year he gives a Christmas card to clients, volunteers and staff. |
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| He used to send me Christmas cards, but he finally stopped a couple of years ago. |
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| I was going to send them all a thank you card but now it's time to send Christmas cards. |
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| The spreadsheet can be used to help you balance your finances or keep track of who you should be sending Christmas cards to. |
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| This is not a column of Christmas cheer, but it hopes to tap Christmas charity. |
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| This event promises to be one of the social highlights of the Christmas period. |
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| On Christmas Day, there will be Holy Communion in Boyle at 10 am and at 11.30 am in Taunagh Parish Church, Riverstown. |
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| The Old Montreal homeless shelter will be having their Christmas mass on Dec.24 at 8 p.m. at the shelter and a Christmas Day meal served at noon. |
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| He also praised the work of St. Joseph's Football Club who raised money by holding a Christmas Day swim, which helped fund the children's visit. |
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| I think that taking players away from the family on a Christmas Day is a bit harsh. |
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| A neighbour has been hailed a lifesaver after rescuing a young girl from a Christmas Day blaze and ending up in hospital. |
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| On Christmas Day 1999 he was inducted as Parish Priest by Bishop Thomas Finnegan. |
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| With Christmas almost over, our thoughts will soon be turning to summer package holidays. |
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| The company added that it was looking forward to strong sales in the Christmas holiday season. |
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| Midsummer is a long-awaited holiday of eating, drinking, and dancing, rivaled in importance only by Christmas. |
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| For Antony, his mother and the rest of his family it was a Christmas Day spent like many before. |
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| A man has been jailed for a Christmas Day knife attack on the mother of his child. |
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| On the Sunday after Christmas, there were just two sopranos and three basses in the choir at High Mass. |
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| Factor IX is used for treating sufferers of Christmas disease, which is a rarer and more serious form of haemophilia. |
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| Will arrangements be put in place to collect the over-abundant rubbish during the Christmas festivities? |
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| The holiday club runs from 8am to 6pm every weekday during school holidays, except Bank Holidays and Christmas. |
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| In the UK all public holidays except those around Christmas are guaranteed to fall on a Monday or Friday. |
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| One great memory I have of Christmas is walking up and down Tullow Street on a Christmas Eve. |
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| A Limerick woman became the 398th person killed on the roads this year when she died in a Christmas Eve crash. |
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| Strolling carolers and music from a gold-leaf piano enliven holiday teas and a Christmas Eve brunch. |
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| So I prepared a Christmas Eve service that was very different and presented it to my supervisor a few days later. |
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| Friends and neighbours of the family remembered them at a Christmas Eve church service in the village. |
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| Indonesian intelligence sources believe he was plotting a Christmas Eve massacre in churches, clubs and hotels. |
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| Here at Rockefeller Center at New York City, the Christmas, or holiday spirit, is alive and well. |
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| Behind the birch I add Christmas fern, which is evergreen and adds a nice texture in front of the stone wall. |
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| Around Christmas time, they also make Christmas cake and Christmas pudding. |
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| They also took on board other seasonal essentials including turkeys, mince pies and Christmas puddings. |
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| Martin Luther wrote a treatise on the hiddenness of God's revelation at Christmas. |
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| If you have overbought on lemons this Christmas, don't leave them to go mouldy in the fruit bowl. |
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| Those planning a meal on December 25 could consider replacing Christmas pudding with apple pie, which came out favourite among those polled. |
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| Brett and I joined in the fun, picking up a box for ourselves as well as a fine Christmas pudding and a selection of chocolate biscuits. |
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| Right now she's busy making up about 500 Christmas puddings for the restaurant. |
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| Mince pies, Christmas pudding, nuts and chocolate were all banned, and he was not even allowed to a festive tipple. |
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| Chairman Alex Carder told the parish council that a carol service had been held in the chapel at Christmas. |
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| We boiled the Christmas pudding in the old copper and we split and roasted chestnuts on the fire. |
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| Holidays such as Christmas, Holy Week before Easter, and Carnival before Lent are occasions for special food. |
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| Hellebore Known as Christmas rose, a poisonous plant used as a purgative, in the treatment of dropsy and as an abortifacient. |
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| This problem is caused by a fungal disease called helleborus leaf spot, which often attacks Christmas roses. |
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| Unruly children have traditionally been threatened with coal instead of presents in their Christmas stockings. |
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| It's the darkest time of the year and the opportunist thief is probably out and about looking to fill his Christmas stocking just as you are. |
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| Members of the Ballyhaunis Christmas Lights committee will be collecting annual subscriptions over the coming weeks. |
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| Our Christmas stockings and star-shaped pillows, made from rayon velvet, are embossed with leaves and geometric shapes. |
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| But Christmas is also a time for reflection, and it is then that the truth begins to hit home. |
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| For those who are not acquainted with Christmas crackers, they're little packages in garish paper. |
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| An updated version was released last year and a third version will hit the shops next month, just in time to fill those Christmas stockings. |
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| However, mobile phones are landing in the Christmas stockings of younger and younger children. |
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| The High Bailiff shall make a stool and mend the pillory to punish chiders and scolders by Christmas. |
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| All types of craft will be on display from Christmas stockings and cards to woodturning and jewellery. |
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| At Christmastime thirteen Santa Claus figures called Christmas Men are said to visit every home in the land. |
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| Often at Christmastime there would be a special networked Christmas Eve or Christmas Day service. |
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| For centuries the Christmas tree has been one of the most popular yuletide symbols and much has been written about it. |
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| With the Christmas festivities only weeks away he gave a reminder of the dangers of over-consumption of alcohol. |
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| The colors of green and red decorate many cities, complementing the glittering gold and silver tinsel decorations that adorn Christmas trees. |
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| As they went down to the living room, it looked beautiful with the Christmas tree fully decorated and lights hung on it. |
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| His house is decorated with blinking lights, and a Christmas tree stands on the porch. |
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| She was in a pantomime at Christmas and was dancing and singing, said Mr Riordan. |
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| We started putting on entertainment shows at the Harvest Supper and pantomimes at Christmas. |
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| Homes are decorated with greens but Christmas trees, stockings, special lights, Santa Claus, and mistletoe are missing. |
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| Hew home was so cosy and so artistically decorated for Christmas with decorations, lights, Christmas trees and Santa Claus. |
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| Also, lights on Christmas trees can be hazardous if the needles on the tree dry out to much causing them to ignite. |
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| The flight lieutenant of Lyneham air cadets has praised his youngsters for giving up their Christmas holidays to help victims. |
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| A large Christmas tree with large bulbous fairy lights had been placed on the village green. |
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| There's some talk they can't even light their Christmas trees because of the power shortages as a result, many say, of the deregulation. |
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| Santas, Christmas trees and fairy lights are just some of the decorations to see. |
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| Of course, before there was electricity, Christmas trees were decorated with candles, but there were also more house fires back then. |
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| Unlike ordinary pine trees, the Christmas trees are decorated with a shell made of dried vines, dark blue feathers swinging behind the shell. |
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| I do not wish to turn into a gibbering homicidal maniac, especially just before Christmas. |
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| Christmas shoppers in Corsham have got an extra treat this year two Christmas trees and new lights in the High Street. |
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| It is traditionally a Christmas dish, but in Paris you can pretty much find it in charcuteries year round. |
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| His parents are putting his little sister to bed with the usual Christmas Eve flimflam about Santa not coming to awake children. |
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| Christmas is a time of over-indulgence, so I like to serve light, refreshing, fruity wines. |
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| To add to the magic of Christmas, pantomimes offer exciting and engaging family entertainment, and Glasgow offers a fun-filled selection. |
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| The cold morning breeze and a festive ambience, the chime of bells and melodious carols signal the arrival of Christmas. |
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| It's the last Thursday evening before Christmas and the Corinthian is hoaching with the vacuously hip and happening in their shiny glad-rags. |
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| This Christmas, there are more outside lights than ever in town and country, hanging off trees, bushes, walls, railings, rooftops and chimneys. |
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| But you're here for Christmas shopping so just pick up a few fine china rice bowls and serving dishes. |
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| Finally made my paper chains when I got home, so at least there's some evidence Christmas is on the way. |
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| The dessert was a Belgian chocolate pot, served with pistachio nuts, salted caramel, and honeycomb, having a Christmas look and feel to it. |
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| The parade will lead to the Market Place where Father Christmas will switch on the town's Christmas lights from the balcony of the Bear Hotel. |
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| All housebound parishioners will be able to receive Holy Communion on Christmas Day from the Eucharistic Ministers. |
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| That so-called red line would be reached right around the time the next supply ship is due to arrive, on Christmas Day. |
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| The Rotary Club of Taksin Pattaya, chartered earlier this year, celebrated Christmas with a fellowship at the Moon River Pub in North Pattaya. |
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| The German soldiers even had a line of little Christmas trees along the parapets of their trenches. |
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| The world and his dog was trying to persuade me to come to the Christmas party tonight. |
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| Ever since Christmas, David would often catch Chris staring at him with hooded eyes. |
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| I think I'll stay up late this Christmas Eve, hot cider in hand, and ask him myself. |
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| The lunchtime swim on Christmas Day proved to be a great success with a turnout of approximately 50 swimmers. |
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| Forget those swimming costumes, mini-skirts and leisurely beach walks in bright sunshine on Christmas Day. |
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| We're not trying to chisel them out of Anzac Day and Christmas Day and Public Holidays. |
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| Included in the hour long session is a 30-minute exercise circuit, which could prove the ideal way to shed those pounds for Christmas. |
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| The stall had lined up Chimpanzees, huggable teddy bears, puppies and furry Santas in anticipation of the Christmas and New Year rush. |
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| A champagne socialist, he stood unsuccessfully for the Labour party in 1950 and even campaigned against Christmas. |
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| The ship conducted a counterclockwise circumnavigation of mainland Australia, with a slight detour to Christmas Island. |
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| Christmas day duty, which was being held over our head like a fiscal sword of Damocles, would be no different than any other day. |
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| But, you know, Christmas and the New Year aren't too far away and soon we'll all be over the hump. |
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| As Christmas rolls around again, it is not just department store Santas who are pulling on the false beards and changing out of their civvies. |
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| Yet, last Christmas, people enjoyed the first festive season in decades without the pall of war hanging over their heads. |
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| Mobile phone companies have reported a massive surge in sales in the run-up to Christmas. |
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| I would like to ask other readers if they have experienced road rage trolley syndrome this Christmas? |
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| This year the Cohen clan may be spending Christmas a little bit closer to home. |
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| Yet he has his own life, and it remains uncertain whether he will attend the next big Mortimer clan gathering in Long Island this Christmas. |
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| Beautiful pashminas or a designer outfit would also be perfect Christmas treats. |
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| Surely there not being a Christmas tree was not reason enough for the police to cordon the area off. |
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| Then, on his way home after work late on Christmas Eve, he encounters a street hustler who turns out to be an angel of sorts. |
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| I might have a guest over for Christmas Eve dinner with my family, depending on whether she's patched up with her boyfriend or not. |
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| And yes, I've done away with the Christmas song titles, opting more for a hymnal type. |
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| We are all thoroughly enjoying using the new church hymnaries and are beginning our preparations for the Christmas Season. |
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| This remarkable text by Fred Kaan is a great addition to Christmas hymnody. |
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| The pathos of the scene against the background of Christmas cheer gives the film an unusual power. |
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| It seems to have gone into Christmas hyperdrive already, even down to the level of Christmas spice scented toilet cleaner in festive red bottles. |
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| Think of all those kids on Christmas morning, stuffing their faces with this choccy bounty. |
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| As well as attending regular meetings during the year, the professionals each invite clients to a Christmas lunch. |
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| Six frigates and several RAAF aircraft would be surveilling the Australian coastline between Ashmore Reef and Christmas Island. |
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| While our Christmas menu includes turkey, ham, trifle and pav, it also incorporates the dishes that link back to our Croatian heritage. |
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| I'm making a pavlova for tomorrow, to bring a little bit of the NZ Christmas spirit here. |
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| A schoolteacher yesterday gave up his Christmas holidays to help the survivors of the tsunami in Asia. |
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| Farmed Christmas trees can be manicured with clippers or power saws into any desired shape. |
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| Each year, around 10 million turkeys are slaughtered for the Christmas table and millions of pigs, ducks and geese will get the chop, too. |
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| The company is closed for the Christmas break, and no-one was available for comment. |
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| Be aware that without forward planning the Christmas close-down period can delay payment to your firm by more than 28 days. |
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| We have a lot of games over Christmas and the boss is going to chop and change the side. |
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| The guild's next meeting is on Tuesday, January 7 and the competition is for the best slice of homemade iced Christmas cake. |
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| Being a sucker for iced Christmas cake, I was delighted with my choice, especially as Ann declined a sample! |
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| But the joy of that tends to become clouded by the extreme sadness of another Christmas without my sister. |
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| His horse-drawn vehicles carried Father Christmas and Gala Queens in such places as Todmorden, Cowling and Lothersdale. |
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| But here, we're all relaxed, and we're just a bunch of guys having fun and clowning around at Christmas. |
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| Then I saw the staff club together to try to buy some gifts for the men and women who would be spending Christmas as patients on the ward. |
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| She was suspended from teaching in Oct. 2004 and resigned her position just before Christmas. |
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| The Christmas tree fell over, and I had never seen Mom happier as she and Dad guffawed at their clumsiness. |
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| As if on cue he bounded down the stairs, nearly tripping over the clunky shoes I'd bought him for Christmas. |
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| A drunken police officer flew into a rage and punched two students when told he had missed his last train home after a Christmas party. |
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| In 1713, Benjamin Franklin took money he had received for Christmas and bought a penny whistle. |
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| The pensioners even received an eviction notice through the post on Christmas Eve. |
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| Technically it is more important than Christmas, ranking after Easter and Pentecost. |
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