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Just Why Am I So Obsessed with Christmas? by Stephen Ashfield

By themagman THE MAG 8 Nov 2026 2 MIN READ

I can't write this article for too long because I really need to sort out my latest downloads of Christmas programmes. Well, there are less than six months to go until the big day after all and the Christmas puds will be in the supermarkets soon, hopefully. Christmas is one of my hyper-fixations but like most things…

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