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Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> Tarot Wrote:

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> > I hope the couple who sent you a card, can see

> > what a mealy mouth person you are, and dont

> bother

> > next year.

>

> Scrooge lives.

>

> Next ?



Hi! Annette


You can have a look on the page I have PM you

and this is another one I thought was good

for Christmas Cards www.Grafiquedefrance.com

Moos Wrote:

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> Annette - pfffft indeed. Did you see the

> Playmobile Advent calendars with Proper Big Toys

> in EVERY CHUFFING DAY? Sheesh. We thought we

> were spoilt when I was a kid when they invented

> ones with chocolate in.



No ,I mean ye-s


Really it's bonkers


However, having spent pre-christmas in Iceland ( country not the shop ) I feel we're way behind the curve.


Each night, for I think 21 days, the parents have to set up a different "event"


Essentially Santa has 21 helpers and ( you guessed it ) one visits each night.


The only one I can remembers is a naughty "skiir" ( yoghurt ) thief


And a sausage thief. Basically the parents smear "skiir" on the kids shoes or leave a sausage near the door, to show they've visited, the kids go mad in the morning.


Mind you, everyone's gone mad by christmas.


20 hours of darkness a day is enough to test the mettle of most people.


Makes Bjork look relatively well balanced, considering.



What the fekk am I on about ?


* taps pipe out on sleeping child's head *



NETTE:-S

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