Christmas competition

Tom Rayfield

An e-mail competition based on the nation's ten favourite words (as discovered by a recent survey). Advertising the Domesday Book replica.

Christmas Competition

Tom Rayfield

The Great Annual Retail Festival is just around the corner. Father Christmas has been at Harrods for months already. It is eight months (April) since we received our first mailshotted 'Christmas 2000' catalogue. Apparently, in parts of America it is now politically incorrect to wish anyone a 'Happy Christmas'. Instead, to avoid committing faithism you have to wish them a 'Happy Holiday'. Humbug, or what?

Millions of children are no doubt sending emails to Santa this year instead of writing boring oldfashioned letters and posting them up the chimney. The smarter kids will have visited www.firebox.com...

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