{"id":38993,"date":"2013-12-21T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T06:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-weird-and-wonderful-things-people-do-on-christmas-day\/"},"modified":"2016-12-25T09:40:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T02:40:24","slug":"the-weird-and-wonderful-things-people-do-on-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-weird-and-wonderful-things-people-do-on-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The weird and wonderful things people do on Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom opening savings account and filing tax returns, to burning down the house and making love (but not at the same time)On Christmas Day 10m turkeys will be eaten in British households (but if you’re posh, you might be tucking into one of the 250,000 geese reared for the big day), while 10,000 tons of brussels sprouts (a quarter of the total annual production) will be pushed around the plate. Unwrapped Furbys (this year’s best-selling toy) will be making annoying noises while other members of the family will be trying to lure you into a game of Pointless (the top-selling board game of 2013). Yet for others, Christmas Day follows a very different pattern. A surprising number will be filling in tax returns, checking work emails, standing on the side of the road having run out of petrol, and even filing for divorce \u2013 although not necessarily in that order. Here are the figures on what Britain gets up to. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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