Dear Santa Claus Thanks for your letter to Festive Treason yesterday. I can see how you’d like some help to lighten your load so here’s a few letters I’ve answered on your behalf. Hope this …
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Santa strikes back
Dear Mary and Noel You guys think you are so fucking smart, don’t you? You think you’ve got the whole Christmas thing nailed and that you can just sit back and roll hand-grenades into traditions …
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Mummers, Poopers and Fiery Goats
Dear Noel Christmas today is just a big retail event. Where have all the great Christmas traditions gone? Signed, Nostalgic Dear N Fear not, because out there, around the world there are still some …
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Cash in your smalls?
Christmas is a time of lovely, heart-warming traditions like hanging stockings by the chimney with care, in the hopes that Saint Nicholas soon would be there…etc etc All sounds very charming, right? But this one …
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The Facts of the Food Chain
Dear Noel I love the tradition of putting up and decorating the Christmas tree in our house but I always seem to get in the way of my wife and kids. What can I do …
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Crackers for bon-bons
Dear Mary What’s the deal with Christmas bon-bons? Love, GK Dear GK Indeed. This question, while light on words, says so much about Christmas and the traditions we celebrate. What is the deal with …
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Re-Advent Yourself
Dear Noel It’s only the 5th of December, but my kids are already complaining about the daily treats they’re getting in our Christmas Advent Calendar. How can I make it through to Christmas Day? Signed, …
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Threats and bribes: a lesson in festive season parenting
Dear Mary and Noel, with other young friends insisting that ‘Santa isn’t real’, when do I stop lying to my kids about the jolly fat man in the red suit? Love Sarah Dear Sarah …
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Advice for a 1,600-year-old man
Dear Noel I’m a little worried about my husband in the lead up to Christmas. Now over 1,600 years old, he’s been working so hard since the industrial revolution and keeping up with things in …
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Eight carrots, surely?
Dear Mary We always leave a little something out for Santa for a bit of a giggle – you know, just fun stuff like a cold beer, a fruit mince pie, some potato chips and a …
