People, quite literally, have nothing else to do but eat, drink, and be merry.
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For that saving of money, saving of resources, means that we can both drink and be merry and also have a slice of beefsteak or romano on our hamburger whatever the season.
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It may be a merry Christmas for some homeowners, now that they are able to refinance their mortgages due to plummetting interest rates.
This isn't the Fling suction cup add-on we're talking about here -- unless you're still rocking a pair of cargos, you're not going to simply slip the controller in your pocket and be on your merry way.
With the holiday now just a few days away, the Street is turning its increasing limited attention to Amazon.com (AMZN), which seems to be having a very merry shopping season.
This will be one of main talking points on this week's Sunday Politics Midlands when I will be joined by Katharine Merry, Conservative MP for Wyre Forest, Mark Garnier, and the Labour MP for Wolverhampton North East, Emma Reynolds.
But family gatherings, as wonderful as they may be, can also trigger some less than merry tension among the relative ranks.
Jack Welch and his merry band of job truthers must be tearing out what little hair they collectively can find a top their heads.
By a merry coincidence, Hubert, too, turns out to be a woman underneath, baring an unmistakable and frankly regal bosom to make her point.
At some point in the merry round of summits, there is also likely to be an American-European declaration on non-proliferation and on combating terrorism.
Wending my way through the town, I overhear snatches of conversation and see delightful sights (such as a mechanical horse that resembled a merry-go-round ride, which sadly cannot be ridden, as well as a Disney-like parade).
In Anchorage, Alaska, a group was planning to converge on city hall to hold a carol-singing protest in defence of Christmas customs they believe to be under threat, such as the habit of wishing someone "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays".
Nintendo may be on a roll, but they're not the only company that had a merry Christmas.
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