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An Annual Confidence Trick?

(Copyright 2011) by John Jewell (London, England)  It’s been threatening everyone for a number of weeks, in fact ever since the school summer holidays ended and the monthly bank statements arrived and now, instead of the cry “what are we going to do this summer?” it becomes “what am I going to get for Christmas” or “what can we get for your mother, uncle, aunt, etc  Are we going to have a tree again this year? Then comes all the planning! Often encouraged by local councils putting up a large tree in the shopping area and intended to bring in as […]