They were try and win the European Challenge Cup, be in the top six at Christmas and the top four at the end.
Apple has 5 pieces of kit in the list of the top 20 Christmas gifts this year.
The 54-year-old dedicated the award to her family and joked that it would have pride of place at the top of her Christmas tree.
There you go, dear readers, my list of the top ten best Christmas movies featuring animation or puppets for your entire family to enjoy together.
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Fans, who had never really taken to the Manchester-born boss, had long forgotten the fact that Megson had taken them from bottom of the table when he took over in October 2007 to safety and into the top 10 by Christmas 2008.
It would leave United going into Christmas on top of the table, undefeated and entering their traditionally strong second half of the season.
It emerged in October that one had been found - and it will feature in a Top of The Pops Christmas Special on BBC 2.
Apple has what seems to be an endless line of consumers willing to buy its products, with iPhones, iPads and MacBook Airs among the top items on many Christmas wish lists.
Toss out the greeting card companies as purely seasonal, and you have a pretty good list of the companies that are likely to emerge from this Christmas at the top of the pile.
London-based Premier Christian Radio promised to play Millennium Prayer - the Lord's Prayer sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne - once an hour on Monday, and to keep it on top of its playlist until Christmas.
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In a separate development, Israel decided to allow a top PLO official to hold a Christmas party Sunday in East Jerusalem, as planned.
Meanwhile, top spot on Channel Five was shared by Christmas films Mrs Miracle 2 and The Santa Suit, and Eddie Stobart: Trucks and trailers.
In 1994 both he and a female model were arrested in New York when she posed nude on top of an eight-foot high replica Christmas tree in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center.
Therefore, I would say, out with the performance-related pay for top managers (a good bottle of wine at Christmas and, if you insist, a small cheque like the rest of us would do).
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Ocado saw its shares jump 24.5% in the first hour of trading, after it reported a strong rise in sales over the Christmas and New Year period, on top of news about a possible technology-licensing agreement with Morrisons.
And of course, there can be only one top traditional animation special A Charlie Brown Christmas.
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Lowe, 30, City's 18-goal top scorer, has grown frustrated during the post-Christmas slide down the League Two table towards inevitable relegation.
The top show on BBC Two was a repeat of the Porridge Christmas special and Christmas University Challenge, which both peaked with a 2.2 million audience.
ForeSee surveyed over 24, 000 customers between Thanksgiving and Christmas, asking them to rate their satisfaction with the top 100 retailers.
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We are anticipating the GTi range to be a huge hit this Christmas, with the breakthrough pricing helping families keep on top of their budgets in the current economic climate.
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Gracie and Susan just dragged it in from the porch giggling and yelling Merry Christmas, which is my cue to close my lap top and join the low stress festivities.
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Three months before the Christmas Day attempted bombing John Brennan, Obama's top counterterrorism adviser, had been personally briefed by Prince Nayef about the assassination attempt, so information about the possible use of a hard-to-detect PETN bomb was known within the U.S. national security establishment.
This Christmas, her little ornament will replace the angel at the top of our tree.
These top-notch law grads, brilliant and bright as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree when all the lights are turned on, may actually be idiots who lack imagination underneath it all.
She returned with a brand new seasonal Christmas cup complete with its post-consumer waste collar and plastic top.
And while the United States knew of plans of an attack, John Brennan, Obama's top homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said they had failed to uncover the actual Christmas Day plot.
"You have to make a definitive statement by Christmas at the latest, probably a little sooner, " said one top adviser.
Meanwhile, Christmas albums from Michael Buble, Rod Stewart and Katherine Jenkins all made the Top 40.
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