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A summary of every Christmas movie
.@JaneyGodley sums up every Christmas movie, ever! 🤣🎅#BreakingtheNews tonight on @BBCScotland and @BBCiPlayer https://t.co/PBNhc0xHot pic.twitter.com/5jbdCRmrJl
— BBC Scotland (@BBCScotland) December 6, 2019
A story behind a story
A watercolour
An important sight
A bit of fact checking
That view is possible only in photoshopland https://t.co/rUrBy5KL2Y https://t.co/cuSaOi0YsC
— HoaxEye (@hoaxeye) December 8, 2019
A touching story
An environmental and human devastation
🔴 BREAKING: Multiple reports of SHACKS BEING SWEPT AWAY and many homes submerged in water in MAMELODI, OUTSIDE PRETORIA | 📸Supplied pic.twitter.com/uWzioBM6lF
— Gauteng Weather (@tWeatherSA) December 9, 2019
A performance
A rainbow campaign
Great to see @LFC and all other @premierleague clubs supporting the #RainbowLaces campaign organised by @stonewalluk over the last week 🌈
Abuse or discrimination of LGBT+ people is a scourge on all society and if football can help fight it, that’s good 👊 pic.twitter.com/W2wps3JtSW
— Liverpool.com (@Liverpoolcom_) December 9, 2019
A word
An imaginary debilitating illness was once called a humdudgeon. https://t.co/8KMu6zG856
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) December 2, 2019
A palate cleanser
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