The Metropolis

After all there's only 54 sleeps til Christmas

Mike Pollitt | Tuesday 1 November, 2011 16:19

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Christmas lights go on tonight in Oxford St. Do you remember before Amazon how everyone used to fret about how many “shopping days” were left before the big day? Well, there’s about 53 online shopping days left. So relax. The real question is, when do Amazon put pixellated snow on their homepage? That’s when the festivities really begin.

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