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Jeanette Winterson, Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days Quotes: Odd that a festival to celebrate the most austere of births should end up being all about conspicuous consumption.
         

Odd that a festival to celebrate the most austere of births should end up being all about conspicuous consumption.


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