As the calendar approaches toward December 25th, inventory levels will continually diminish throughout the stores.

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This was a small British craft intended to land on Mars on December 25th.

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Melissa Miller herself returns home every night to Christmas Lake Village, to her house on December 25th Lane.

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On December 25th Mr Khan staged the second blockbuster rally in as many months, in the volatile city of Karachi.

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Indeed, it seems very likely that the winter solstice was not dedicated to Sol by the Romans until after the bishop of Rome first celebrated Christmas on December 25th in 336 AD.

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The events, which include celebrations, public artworks and performances will take place every day until 2 December, the 25th anniversary of Larkin's death.

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We round off the visit tasting a couple of barrel-aged beers, the 2008 edition of 25 Dodici (25th December, their Christmas beer) and two barrels of Sedici Gradi (Sixteen Degrees, their strong, dark barley wine).

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Right now Verizon is indicating that orders placed before noon on November 21 should ship on the 25th, those received after noon will ship on December 5, and anything received on November 22 or later will not ship before December 15.

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On October 25th Mr Papandreou said that if voters turned away from Pasok he might call a snap general election in December, barely a year after winning the previous one.

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