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What do your taste in Christmas decorations say about you?
Meet the retail workers bearing the brunt of Christmas
A retail worker's nightmare before Christmas.
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The do's (and don'ts) of Xmas party etiquette
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John Clarke and the New Zealand sense of humour
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Martin Fletcher meets 75-year-old dynamo Michael Bloomberg.
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Antonia Prebble remembers the year her family started a Christmas tradition.
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The romantic imagery conveyed by a hotel fails to convey itself to the kitchen.
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The rise in Kiwi baby boomer divorce rates
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