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Good evening. Welcome to North West Tonight with Roger Johnson and | :00:02. | :00:06. | |
Ranvir Singh. Our top story. Donna's Dreamhouse destroyed. | :00:06. | :00:10. | |
Arsonists set fire to a children's charity holiday home in Blackpool. | :00:10. | :00:13. | |
Mementoes of Donna Curtis, the woman in whose memory the charity | :00:13. | :00:19. | |
was set up, were destroyed. We'll hear from her devastated father. | :00:19. | :00:23. | |
Also tonight: Home in time for Christmas. We meet the community | :00:23. | :00:27. | |
nurses giving families the best present they could wish for. | :00:28. | :00:30. | |
Preparing for Christmas thousands of miles from home, we're with the | :00:30. | :00:35. | |
region's servicemen and women at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. | :00:35. | :00:38. | |
Riding high: the Isle of Man's champion cyclist Mark Cavendish is | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
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crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year. For someone from such a | :00:49. | :00:55. | |
small humble place to be recognised at national and international level | :00:55. | :01:02. | |
is marvellous. It is cold and wet but I have the tinsel and the music. | :01:02. | :01:12. | |
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I have been to Ramsbottom in search "They've stopped families in | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
desperate need from receiving presents this Christmas." The words | :01:18. | :01:20. | |
tonight of a Blackpool man whose charity has been targeted by | :01:21. | :01:24. | |
suspected arsonists. "Donna's Dream House" provides holidays and | :01:25. | :01:28. | |
presents for seriously ill children and their families. Though little | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
was stolen, photos and mementoes of Donna Curtis, the woman in whose | :01:31. | :01:35. | |
memory the charity was set up, were destroyed. Nina Warhurst has been | :01:35. | :01:45. | |
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to meet her devastated father. When we film to get this summer, 3 | :01:47. | :01:51. | |
year old Phoebe, and other seriously ill children were | :01:51. | :01:53. | |
enjoying When we filmed at Donna's Dream | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
house this summer, 3 year old Phoebe and other seriously ill | :01:55. | :01:58. | |
children many too poorly to travel abroad were enjoying a free holiday, | :01:58. | :02:03. | |
but look at the scene today. The charity was run from this room. One | :02:03. | :02:06. | |
of the things destroyed, a list of 35 families due to receive free | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
Christmas presents from the charity. Now Len says many of them will | :02:09. | :02:19. | |
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receive nothing. Proper some body if that is what you have to do to | :02:24. | :02:29. | |
survive, but why do this, a charity which have helped so many people. | :02:29. | :02:33. | |
Donna's dream house was the dying wish of Len's daughter who died of | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
cancer aged just 20. Now it supports around 1,600 families | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
every year, supported mainly by the local community. We tried to give | :02:40. | :02:46. | |
them everything for nothing. It costs them very little. To see what | :02:46. | :02:50. | |
has happened today has destroyed it for a number of Trojan and families | :02:50. | :02:56. | |
for the foreseeable future. When you think about next year are you | :02:56. | :03:03. | |
optimistic there is a future here? There will always be a future. When | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
Don a diet, her dream house was born. All of the kids to come here, | :03:09. | :03:14. | |
every time they smile I know that is why she died. Police say they | :03:14. | :03:17. | |
are treating the fire as suspicious, the investigation continues. | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
A student from Manchester jailed for faking an illness to avoid jury | :03:20. | :03:23. | |
duty says he should never have been sent to prison. Matthew Banks who | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
is 19 told clerks at Manchester Crown Court he couldn't attend | :03:26. | :03:30. | |
because he was ill but instead he went to see a show in London's West | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
End. He was given a fourteen day sentence for contempt of court but | :03:35. | :03:43. | |
has been released after serving four days. I did deserve to be | :03:43. | :03:48. | |
punished because I did break the law, but being locked up with so | :03:48. | :03:54. | |
many other people there who had killed people and assaulted people, | :03:55. | :03:59. | |
like I said, I deserved to be punished but I think it was a | :03:59. | :04:03. | |
little harsh. Police in Rochdale have recovered | :04:03. | :04:06. | |
drugs worth �1.6 million from a house in Castleton. The drugs found | :04:06. | :04:09. | |
include cannabis and ecstasy. A 45- year-old man has been arrested and | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
remains in police custody. Detectives are appealing for an | :04:13. | :04:15. | |
anonymous caller to contact them again as they could have vital | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
clues to the whereabouts of a missing teenager in Cheshire. | :04:20. | :04:23. | |
Eighteen year old Hayden Evanss was last seen at a Christmas party at | :04:23. | :04:29. | |
Carden Park hotel near Chester on Friday. | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
Manchester United have finished top of a 'league of shame' for match | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
day arrests. The champions had more fans held by police than any other | :04:36. | :04:39. | |
team in the Premier League last season. The figures, released by | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
the Home Office show 276 United fans were arrested. Manchester City | :04:44. | :04:49. | |
were fourth on the list with 108 arrests. | :04:49. | :04:51. | |
15-month-old Alice Barness from Radcliffe has spent the last month | :04:51. | :04:58. | |
in hospital and she was expected to be there until the New Year. But | :04:58. | :05:00. | |
thanks to a team of community nurses in Greater Manchester, who | :05:00. | :05:03. | |
support children like Alice at home during the holidays, she's out in | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
time for Christmas, much to the delight of her family. Here's our | :05:07. | :05:17. | |
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health Correspondent Laura Yates. For Alice's family this means so | :05:19. | :05:25. | |
much. Christmas at home after weeks in hospital. Amazing. I still can't | :05:26. | :05:31. | |
believe it. The best Christmas ever, better than last year which was our | :05:31. | :05:37. | |
first Christmas with her. I am just so grateful, I really am. When | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
Alice was born, she could no brief for eight minutes, she suffered | :05:42. | :05:49. | |
brain damage and spent much of her young life in hospital. Sue and her | :05:49. | :05:53. | |
team of committee nurses did everything they can to make sure | :05:53. | :05:57. | |
children like Alice can have Christmas at home. That is where | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
they should be on Christmas Day, I will go up in the morning, to look | :06:03. | :06:09. | |
at the children on the ward. If we can put them at home safely, even | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
if just for a day, we will. nurses visit Alice every day, and | :06:15. | :06:23. | |
they have talked Alice's mother how to use the equipment. So scary, I | :06:23. | :06:28. | |
think I just watched her all night, I could not sleep. Ski area it may | :06:28. | :06:32. | |
be, but Alice's family say they will make it a Christmas to | :06:32. | :06:40. | |
remember. I hope they have a peaceful and lovely Christmas. | :06:40. | :06:43. | |
Well, Alice's family aren't the only ones gearing up for Christmas, | :06:43. | :06:46. | |
the region's shopping centres have been packed with people rushing to | :06:46. | :06:48. | |
buy last minute presents and supermarket shelves are being | :06:48. | :06:51. | |
emptied as we speak And there's already plenty of revelry at | :06:51. | :06:53. | |
Castlefield in Manchester, carollers, a brass band and not | :06:53. | :07:03. | |
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forgetting North West Tonight's Mr Christmas himself, Stuart Flinders. | :07:04. | :07:09. | |
I have to say, I did a hear a word of that because there is a very | :07:09. | :07:17. | |
loud brass band here, from Yorkshire call -- Court Yorkshire | :07:17. | :07:23. | |
Imperial band. We have got a lot to get through, we have got a crowd | :07:23. | :07:30. | |
from the pantomime. You are all from the pantomime, aren't you? | :07:31. | :07:39. | |
no we're not! They are. You are Beauty And the Beast. How did it | :07:39. | :07:46. | |
go? Brilliant, we loved it. Very popular. The kids loved it, they | :07:46. | :07:56. | |
screamed and shouted. What did you play? I played the teapot. I am the | :07:56. | :08:06. | |
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mad professor, Bell's father. sussing tonight, thanks for coming | :08:07. | :08:13. | |
along. We have a quiet to hear, this is a choir from Marple who are | :08:13. | :08:18. | |
rehearsing for us now. Before we have a chat with them, this is what | :08:18. | :08:22. | |
happened when I took the Santa Special from it buried to | :08:22. | :08:32. | |
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Ramsbottom. -- from Bari to A is Father Christmas come into | :08:35. | :08:44. | |
your house? Yes. We have been good. How does he get into your house? | :08:44. | :08:51. | |
think the chimney. Have you got a chimney? We have, but it is small. | :08:52. | :08:57. | |
We do not know how he will get in there. The that is a bit of a worry, | :08:57. | :09:04. | |
isn't it? How will he get into your house? He slides down the chimney. | :09:04. | :09:14. | |
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Have you got a chimney? Yes. don't think I have got a chimney. | :09:14. | :09:24. | |
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Everybody has got a chimney on "we want Santa!" Merry Christmas | :09:38. | :09:48. | |
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They still wanted additional cakes. A bit of sparkle on there. But with | :10:20. | :10:30. | |
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We sell the Bronze turkeys, they are the main ones we sell. We sell | :10:37. | :10:47. | |
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over 300 of those. About 15 of us Weren't the kids great? We have | :10:56. | :11:03. | |
music at the end of the programme, this is Nancy and Jackie. You are | :11:03. | :11:10. | |
called Heartbeat. Why? We sing from the heart. Based in Marple. I took | :11:10. | :11:15. | |
over a year ago. We like to have fun, but we like to sing well as | :11:15. | :11:20. | |
well. I know you are looking for new members, Jackie you are a | :11:20. | :11:26. | |
relatively new member. Why? A the best thing I have ever done. Part | :11:26. | :11:34. | |
of a news year's resolution yesterday. Get in touch with us, we | :11:34. | :11:44. | |
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will find two choirs in your area. Heartbeat .com. He really could not | :11:46. | :11:50. | |
hear! Still to come on North West | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
Tonight: Oh Come All Ye Rovers Faithful. As Blackburn fans protest | :11:54. | :11:57. | |
at the training ground, big names come out in support of beleaguered | :11:57. | :12:03. | |
boss Steve Kean.. It does not say a lot for our society when you see | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
that kind of behaviour from fans. And searching out Santa, how | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
Jodrell Bank is helping kids to spot his sleigh in the sky. | :12:14. | :12:16. | |
Hundreds of servicemen and women from the North West will be | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
celebrating Christmas thousands of miles from home in Afghanistan. At | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
the biggest British base, Camp Bastion, the work won't stop. | :12:23. | :12:27. | |
But thanks to friends and families here there will be a few home | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
comforts. In the final part of our series, Naomi Cornwell's been | :12:31. | :12:41. | |
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finding out how they're spreading a The bar is dry, but there will be | :12:48. | :12:53. | |
turkey on the table this Christmas. 3 1/2 tons of it is being flown in. | :12:53. | :12:58. | |
Few here will get a chance to stop for more than a quick meal. It will | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
be an operational day like any other on Christmas Day, but there | :13:02. | :13:09. | |
will be a few home comforts. Back home the chefs at Aintree Hospital | :13:09. | :13:12. | |
have been cooking up a Christmas cake for their colleagues in | :13:12. | :13:17. | |
Afghanistan. Anything to change the day, to distract them from what | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
they normally do and have a laugh. I think that makes a difference and | :13:21. | :13:30. | |
I hope they enjoy the cake. Look at that! Thank you. We can fix | :13:30. | :13:40. | |
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him, we are a hospital. He is mended. Yes! In Liverpool, Father | :13:41. | :13:45. | |
Christmas made an early appearance at this party for Merseyside | :13:45. | :13:49. | |
territorial families. Some have had to explain why their father's will | :13:49. | :13:56. | |
be a wave. You have had to explain why you will be a way. They have | :13:56. | :14:04. | |
been very good, they understood the explanation, really. Merry | :14:05. | :14:13. | |
Christmas and see you soon. Say "I love you.". Celia has become a | :14:13. | :14:18. | |
grandmother for a second time since she has been away, but yet she has | :14:18. | :14:28. | |
not met her young grandson. I know it is something she wants to do. | :14:28. | :14:37. | |
Happy Christmas grandma. Big hugs and kisses to everybody. At the | :14:37. | :14:40. | |
Post Office encamped Bastion they are delivering Christmas cheer to | :14:41. | :14:49. | |
the front line. -- Camp Bastion. They don't notice really, but it | :14:49. | :14:57. | |
does bring the morale up. My cousin works in the school in Burley, and | :14:57. | :15:03. | |
we are getting Christmas jokes. Cheering us all up. It is fantastic. | :15:03. | :15:08. | |
As it worked? It has. You realise how many people are thinking about | :15:08. | :15:18. | |
you. Everyone here is thinking of home. I am sure I will not get a | :15:18. | :15:24. | |
better meal than my mum's cooking, but happy Christmas and New Year. | :15:24. | :15:28. | |
Happy Christmas and New Year from Afghanistan, hope you have a | :15:28. | :15:34. | |
fantastic day and see you soon. my mum and dad to live in a Little | :15:34. | :15:39. | |
St Annes, happy Christmas. -- Lytham St Anne's. Thanks to all of | :15:39. | :15:47. | |
the support. And for all the merchandise sent to the boys. | :15:47. | :15:54. | |
you to my a brand new granddaughter, I wish you all the best. Merry | :15:54. | :16:04. | |
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If you have missed any of the reports from Afghanistan you can | :16:09. | :16:16. | |
see them all on our Facebook page. And we have more news on a lead | :16:16. | :16:22. | |
story tonight. Lots of people are getting in touch to ask if they can | :16:22. | :16:32. | |
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donate. Yes you can, but please go to this website - www. Donna's | :16:33. | :16:43. | |
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dream house Dot UK. They will be Sports personality of the year last | :16:51. | :16:57. | |
night was brilliant. -- Sports Personality Of The Year. | :16:57. | :17:04. | |
Amir Khan was shortlisted. Beth Tweddle was there. Ricky Hatton was | :17:04. | :17:11. | |
there. I spoke to Patrick Rae era. A lot of the Manchester City team | :17:11. | :17:20. | |
that were there. Beth Tweddle said she did not | :17:20. | :17:30. | |
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recognise anybody! Mark Cavendish got 150,000 volts. | :17:31. | :17:36. | |
Darren Clarke in second place only got 42,000 votes. The man they call | :17:36. | :17:41. | |
The Manx Missile has had an incredible year. He won in the | :17:41. | :17:44. | |
green jersey at the Tour de France and became the road-race world | :17:44. | :17:54. | |
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champion. Following in the footsteps of some | :18:00. | :18:05. | |
of the most famous names in British sport. Even though he was the | :18:05. | :18:08. | |
bookie's favourite, Mark Cavendish could not quite believe he turned | :18:08. | :18:18. | |
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out to be the people's favourites. I am speechless. After winning in | :18:21. | :18:28. | |
front of a glittering array of sports stars his emotion was clear. | :18:28. | :18:37. | |
But it is incredible. You are striving to achieve what you can in | :18:37. | :18:47. | |
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any sport. It has been bestowed upon me by the public. And this is | :18:49. | :18:59. | |
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what his mother said: You have worked so hard up right-to-life to | :19:00. | :19:03. | |
achieve everything you have accomplished. | :19:03. | :19:11. | |
Well done. He had 20 stage wins at the Tour de France and this year | :19:11. | :19:18. | |
got the green jersey, followed by the road race world title. | :19:18. | :19:26. | |
To be recognised at national and international level is marvellous. | :19:26. | :19:34. | |
He is now planning a quiet family Christmas in the Isle of Man. | :19:34. | :19:40. | |
The Manx Missile was not the only one celebrating. It was also a good | :19:40. | :19:44. | |
night for a cricketer Jimmy Anderson. He was a key member of | :19:44. | :19:48. | |
the England cricket team which won team of the year. | :19:48. | :19:53. | |
Bob Champion that the jockey who recovered from cancer to win the | :19:53. | :19:56. | |
Grand National on Aldaniti receive an award for his outstanding | :19:56. | :20:04. | |
courage. I never dreamt I would get it. I love this show. It is the | :20:04. | :20:10. | |
best show on TV. There are so many good sportsmen out there. I am a | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
lucky man that was in the right place on the right horse at the | :20:14. | :20:21. | |
right time. Thankfully I got over my disease. | :20:21. | :20:25. | |
The Blackburn Rovers saga took a fresh twists today as supporters | :20:25. | :20:29. | |
took a trip to the training ground. They say they were there to give | :20:29. | :20:37. | |
the orders some stick. But while the owners remain distant in India, | :20:37. | :20:41. | |
the manager remains at the ground and now has some powerful new | :20:42. | :20:46. | |
friends. It is no surprise what the wish- | :20:46. | :20:55. | |
list is - and you order under new manager. Sooner rather than later. | :20:55. | :21:00. | |
We are very concerned. The existence of our club is being | :21:00. | :21:05. | |
threatened. Steve Kean is a scapegoat, but he is not up to the | :21:05. | :21:10. | |
job. But it is the fault of Venky's in the first place. | :21:10. | :21:16. | |
The owners may have been in the main target, but sections of the | :21:16. | :21:21. | |
crowd also taught to shreds Steve Kean on Tuesday. -- toured to | :21:21. | :21:27. | |
shreds. I left at half-time. I could not believe the criticism | :21:27. | :21:34. | |
they gave their manager. I have never seen something as bad as that. | :21:34. | :21:39. | |
He has held his dignity well. fans may have teamed up with the | :21:39. | :21:46. | |
local council and the local MP, but with the support of David Moyes and | :21:46. | :21:54. | |
Alex Ferguson, Steve Kean has come out fighting. When you have | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
experienced managers saying that you're doing a marvellous job, I | :22:00. | :22:07. | |
listen to them. The fight for Blackburn's soul goes on. They play | :22:07. | :22:10. | |
Liverpool and Manchester United over Christmas. It is how that | :22:10. | :22:14. | |
plays on TV back in India which will probably decide whether or not | :22:14. | :22:20. | |
he is shown the door. Liverpool's decision to wear T- | :22:20. | :22:25. | |
shirts supporting Lily Slack is has been described as shameful by | :22:25. | :22:31. | |
former or Manchester United player Paul McGrath. | :22:31. | :22:37. | |
Paul McGrath says it is a big blow for football's and two races and | :22:37. | :22:41. | |
campaign but Glen Johnson has said on Twitter he will support who he | :22:41. | :22:47. | |
wants when he wants. Have you ever seen Santa? | :22:47. | :22:52. | |
I have heard him. I thought I saw a book once. | :22:52. | :22:56. | |
Lots of people will be gazing skywards tomorrow night hoping to | :22:56. | :23:02. | |
catch a glimpse. Scientists at Jodrell Bank have been called in to | :23:02. | :23:07. | |
help. Using the famous telescope there | :23:07. | :23:12. | |
they are on alert to try and track any movement which will confirm | :23:12. | :23:22. | |
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just hope Father Christmas manages Searching disguise 24 hours per day. | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
Now the scientists at Jodrell Bank or on the lookout for Santa. They | :23:31. | :23:35. | |
are encountering some pro Michal -- some primitive life-forms along the | :23:35. | :23:40. | |
way. There are many impostors. | :23:40. | :23:48. | |
This is a search for the real thing. It is a radio telescope. It lets | :23:48. | :23:55. | |
you see invisible things. You can see through clouds. | :23:55. | :24:05. | |
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One of the problems is Santa's I am not a scientist. That is | :24:11. | :24:18. | |
correct! But even Ali man can understand this. A glass of milk | :24:19. | :24:28. | |
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and a mince pie. It is important that children watch | :24:30. | :24:40. | |
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out for any signs. They could be re Here is the weather: Santa will | :24:55. | :25:05. | |
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have to be quick to dodge the ream tomorrow. -- the rain. | :25:07. | :25:17. | |
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One or two showers trailing behind this afternoon. | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
It will become drier through the night. For a time it will become | :25:21. | :25:31. | |
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clearer. There could be a touch of frost tomorrow morning. They could | :25:31. | :25:41. | |
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be some ice on untreated surfaces. Tomorrow there will be a lot of | :25:46. | :25:56. | |
drizzly rain. The rain will become more widespread by the afternoon. | :25:56. | :26:06. | |
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There will also be a strong breeze. Tomorrow night the show was | :26:09. | :26:19. | |
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continue for a time. The biddies continues. -- the wind continues. | :26:25. | :26:29. | |
Christmas the is a mixed picture. The wind will be strong. There will | :26:29. | :26:39. | |
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be no snow and no sunshine. Are you giving me might present? | :26:39. | :26:49. | |
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That is about et. Merry Christmas. We will review a carol sung live by | :26:51. | :27:01. | |
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Number signed Christmas is here # Merry Christmas # Merry Christmas | :27:28. | :27:33. |