On the first day of Christmas my true love said to me, rip up the charades, forget about the

telly, let's play scratch cards, coins are to stretching, everybody laughing, better not be cheating,

and the chance to win a pound or three. Add some play to Christmas With scratch cards from the National Lottery

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And once again, Merry Christmas.

Today's episode is The Fight Before Christmas,

written by Andy Conduit Turner,

and narrated by Ian Rukuin.

I was lying awake one Christmas Eve night, bathed in flashes of blinking LED light.

Though I shut my eyes tightly and tried counting sheep,

like each year before, I couldn't find sleep. As I grew older, it caused me more and more

shame that Christmas Eve excitement still fired up my brain. Keeping me restless as I lay

awake, I employed countless methods to find an escape.

I turned all the pillows and tried reading a book,

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