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GETTING INTO THE (ANTI) CHRISTMAS SPIRIT  ... 


I'M DREAMING OF A SLIGHT CHRISTMAS

I'm dreaming of a slight Christmas
Unlike the ones that laid me low
Where there's no family frisson
And the children glisten
May all your Christmases delight
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I SAW MOMMY BANNING SANTA CLAUS

My family tree has exceedingly stunted branches - one boozy, Irish and Catholic, the other teetotal, English and tepidly Protestant.  My childhood Christmases were therefore a muddle of Orange and Green attempts at festivity, neither of which were much fun ...  

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