Seeing the New Democracy MPs storm out of the Greek parliament on Friday, and refuse to back the MTFS, has got their leader Antonis Samaras instantly crossed off the Christmas card list of every centre-right party in Europe.
The 328 lots up for grabs were collected during a lifetime of public service and include a signed Christmas card from the Prince and Princess of Wales.
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It's okay to ignore the NBA on Christmas, just like the credit-card bill.
He still frets that, shortly after he arrived, leaders in the Salvation Army's main office in Alexandria, Va. were surprised to hear of a Christmas card promotion hatched by the Detroit office--on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
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Of course, all the Caribiana owners in the world would make up a pretty modest Christmas card list.
Meanwhile Jersey Post is working with the Association of Jersey Charities to run a charity Christmas card shop at Broad Street Post Office from next Monday until Saturday 17 December.
"Well, they're not going to get a Christmas card from me this year, " the 54-year-old Moores says.
Next day, near the Notre Dame Cathedral (I was beginning to blame the Frenchies for all this), there were dozens of Christmas-card sellers vying for space with bridal couples in absurd white satin dresses and morning suits, who had just been married during the auspicious festive season and were posing interminably for photographs.
The terror incident on Christmas Day was a fresh reminder that national security is a wild card for any president.
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Meanwhile, credit card issuers are coming up with new ways to incentivize mobile purchases for the Christmas selling season.
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Back in the UK, boomerang mail was a problem for a Norfolk couple at Christmas 2003 when a card was wrongly delivered to their house six times.
Alec Shelbrooke was labelled by some as the ultimate Scrooge just before Christmas when he asked MPs to back his idea of making benefits payments through an electronic cash card which would not be valid for buying luxuries such as alcohol, tobacco or satellite TV subscriptions.
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