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In the UK, tearjerking holiday ads have become the norm—but there’s a reason the best ones are so effective.

Liverpool FC are ready to enter the race to sign Aston Villa midfielder Jack Grealish, according to a report in England. The Daily Mirror is reporting that the defending Premier League champions have decided to join Manchester United and Manchester City in pursuit of the 25-year-old. The same article states that Manchester United have shown […]

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Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent congratulatory greetings to Belarusian Christians who celebrate Christmas on 25 December.

In this post, we’ll review one of the more popular ones called Kasamba. You’ll learn about how it works, its backstory, and the accuracy of its psychic advisors.

As if the coronavirus pandemic hasn’t changed lives enough, there are certain traditions and rituals, particularly in families, that it may have altered forever.

Red London buses, the bumbling Brit and the over-zealous American, and endless messages of goodwill and cheer: Christmas movies are often guilty of presenting a very one-note image of the festive period.

We all instantly fell in love with Nicola Coughlan as the reluctant rebel Clare Devlin in Derry Girls when the hit comedy debuted on Channel 4 in 2018, but we’re set to see a very different side of the star this Christmas.

When the BBC announced that Mrs Brown’s Boys would once again feature in their festive programming, it was impossible to ignore the savage response on social media. 

My beloved wife, Lynne, and I have been married for 54 years and share three children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren together. When you plan your life with the one you love, you never plan for the tragedies, or the unexpected that blindsides you and flips your whole world upside down. You never plan for hearing that the woman you love has Alzheimer’s disease. 

Trifle is back – and we have the stats to prove it.

The classic British retro dessert is apparently people’s first choice for a Christmas dessert, according to a recent poll of more than 2,000 people.

Three in five have eaten a trifle in the past five years, and a quarter have made one in the same period, the YouGov research commissioned by Del Monte found. When asked to choose between a traditional Christmas pudding or a trifle, more people chose the trifle (41%) than the pud (33%). Читать дальше...

With Covid-19 restrictions requiring we stay at home and limit celebrations, we’ve been granted full permission to make a low-key Christmas feast this year.

Squished up together on the couch wrapping presents while glued to soppy Christmas TV. Fussing in the kitchen prepping food. Passing the dice for another round of Cluedo. Getting ready for the big pub meet-up. Christmas Eve is the beginning of festivities for many people – in a normal year, anyway.

Taxation is unlike most transfers of money from one individual to another: while most other transfers are entered into voluntarily, taxation is compulsory. In Chapter 5 we saw some of the reasons why the contributions to support public services need to be compulsory: because of the free rider problem, unless support for public goods is made compulsory no one will have an incentive to contribute. We showed, in particular, that all individuals might be made better off by voluntarily agreeing to... Читать дальше...

The pandemic left the strong economy that Trump boasted about in tatters. Turns out it wasn’t that good, anyway.

How much money your household could see in a second stimulus check may depend on what happens next in Congress, as President Trump has spurned a $600 per person stimulus check to support a $2,000 ceiling instead.

Jayson Tatum nailed a go-ahead bank shot from deep with 1.5 seconds remaining as the Boston Celtics survived blowing a 17-point, fourth-quarter lead to stun the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 122-121 Wednesday night in both teams’ season opener. Tatum’s clutch shot capped a 30-point night, but the Bucks had a chance to tie when Giannis Antetokounmpo […]

Can you be lovin' it on Christmas Day?

On this Christmas Eve of 2020, Becky reveals the top 10 most viewed Long Cons of the year, CalvinAyre.com version of a podcast to be watched, read or listened to, covering topics outside the norm.

1. Prue Leith: My quick and easy tips for a stress-free Christmas lunch  Telegraph.co.uk
2. Furious online shoppers blast bizarre Christmas dinner substitutes as beef steaks delivered instead of turkey  The Sun
3. You can keep Christmas dinner – real pleasure lies in the Boxing Day leftovers  The Guardian
4. How to cook a traditional Christmas dinner: Your complete guide to roasting turkey and all the trimmings  Telegraph.co.uk
5. How long to cook a turkey crown?  Express
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Amid tensions with the U.S., Irans nuclear program triggers concerns that Iran is gearing up to make a dash for an atomic bomb.