festive

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Following the 2017 Boxing Day Test, when only 24 wickets fell across the five days, the showcase festive match has not produced a draw in the seven matches since.

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England's pace attack will have collectively pondered, fretted and chewed the festive bowling fat on their journey from Adelaide to the Melbourne Cricket Ground this week.

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She never feels any guilt for doing so and believes it is a more sustainable way of celebrating the festive season.

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Singer Noddy Holder avoids going to restaurants on Christmas Day because of how often his famous festive song is played, his wife has said.

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With routines relaxed and new tech unwrapped, it's more tempting than ever to let children loose on devices over the festive period, with parents caught between avoiding screen guilt and the realities of modern life.

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