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Lauren Beehan Opinion Feel free to say ‘Christmas’ – it isn’t a banned word

Like clockwork, certain things appear at this time every year: turkeys in shops, piano ballads in television ads and variations of the argument that “we can’t say Christmas any more”.

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Lauren Beehan Opinion Feel free to say ‘Christmas’ – it isn’t a banned word

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Family

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