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Instead of complaining about Christmas (I did that last year), I've decided to turn my attention to the raft of New Year's advertising that's beamed from our television screens from Christmas Eve onwards. Whilst I don't mind being informed of when a Sale is due to start, I'm not really a great fan of the mix of B&Q, Homebase, Moben/Sharps/Dolphin, DFS, SCS, MFI and any others that I've forgotten; trying to make us part with even more hard-earned by attempting to convince us that our Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom needs replacing; as if anyone has any money left after Christmas! The really annoying thing is how they also try to sweeten the deal with a free flip-down TV or built in Coffee Machine, every year it's something different and I think this year it's either the Coffee Machine or maybe even a free drawer Refridgerator!

I had planned to poke fun at the assortment of perfume commercials that we are force fed on the run up to Christmas and I think I still need to mention at least one that I've found to be utterly pointless and annoying - If anyone has seen the Dior Pure Poison advert then you'll know what I mean when I say what on Earth is going on with that computer generated 'Beast of Bodmin Moor'? I mean what does it have to do with selling perfume? Someone must have been on the sauce that day.