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Never mind THE BAUBLES!

They’ve written a best-selling book and star in Fortunately, a BBC podcast that has been downloaded more than 20 million times, but when it comes to Christmas, are broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey as hopeless as the rest of us? Here’s their advice on dealing with 12 festive fails…

1 YOUR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY IS MISSING PIGS IN BLANKETS AND SPROUTS. WHAT DO YOU DO?

Pretend that you were planning a themed lunch. If the first thing in your cupboard is a tin of chilli powder, then it was always going to be a Mexican Christmas. And who needs a sprout in a burrito? Say that you always have a flatulent-free Christmas and therefore won’t introduce sprouts into the mix. After all, they’re just small cabbages with good PR. Pigs in

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