There are few complaints from any of the men and women serving in Basra during the festive season.

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Last Christmas, Wales' four police forces distributed two million beer mats warning of the danger of date-rate drugging during the festive season.

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More people in their loyalty card scheme, more information on their shopping habits (but not their browsing habits, we assume), and if the draw of being able to browse Facebook for free during the festive season brings in a few customers, then that all bubbles through to the bottom line.

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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.

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The money was collected during the year by local people to spend over the festive season.

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The pair have scored 22 goals between them for the Alex this season, with Miller scoring in consecutive matches during the festive period to reach double figures for the campaign.

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