The bustling atmosphere is cheery, especially at Christmas, when people wait in line to get their odd-shaped boxes weighed and posted.

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Getting products in front of the customer especially at Halloween and Christmas is key.

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Other issues being looked at include the effects of the credit crunch at Christmas time and teenage life, especially the way young people are stereotyped.

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"I do not want officers knocking on doors at any time of the year, but especially over Christmas and the New Year to tell families that a loved one has been killed on the roads, because someone has decided to drive after drinking, " he said.

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But the problem with any collectively produced good is the free rider in the case of (especially European) religion, the church members who turn up only at Christmas and Easter, leaving the pews discouragingly empty in between.

ECONOMIST: Christianity