Well no,
Christmas is about the lead up to and birth of Jesus. So it starts 4 sundays before Christmas day. The correct term would really be the advent season ;)
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!,
Sun 1 Nov 2009, 2:16,
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Can I meet you halfway at Dec 1st?
After all that's when you get the first choccy from the advent calendar.
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Cadmus has teh uplikn coeds at,
Sun 1 Nov 2009, 2:05,
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