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And people are putting Xmas lights all over their houses. I thought of putting a shiny star balloon over my house to fool the gullible into thinking the second coming had arrived, but then I thought better of it, not wanting dummies and baby clothes for Xmas, so I took this photo.<\/p>\n

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