"I can't see a day when all red kettles go virtual, because the sight of someone standing next to a red kettle has become an icon -- a symbol of Christmas to people, " he said.

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"Sure, watching them might be amusing fun (I can't wait to see that insane lady in the red wig yell at them) but it's never going to be as good as 'Jersey Shore, ' no matter how wild it purports to be, " the website said.

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"Having watched it again I can see that it looks horrific and realise that it was a deserved red card, " he told the club website.

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