To be fair, the big-box stores have been selling Christmas trees since late September, so what's wrong with extending the holiday season a little bit? So dust off your ugly sweaters and ...

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At 17, I was like any other sixth-former. I was navigating A-levels, playing tuba in a youth brass band and planning my Duke ...