In Britain, A Respected, If Rowdy, Holiday Ritual
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LONDON -- Just before midnight, the well-dressed, 25-year-old financial trader arrived by ambulance at the makeshift hospital tent pitched at a train station in central London. Blood oozed from his scalp, staining his elegant pink-striped shirt.
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[Health India]: London, Dec 23 : Christmas is the time to eat, drink and be merry, and to put on some extra pounds also, thanks to all the mouth watering cakes and cookies.
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Beyond whimsy and fundraising, annual holiday parties can offer a rare window into the mind of management.
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More than 350,000 people are expected to gather in London to take part in the New Year celebrations.
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British workers have been told: Have a merry Christmas &#151; but skip the mistletoe, don't dance on the desks and definitely don't perch bare-bottomed on the photocopier. Such are the horrors of the modern British office party highlighted Friday in a welter of advice which, to some minds, would kill the fun.
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Britain was gearing up for New Year's Eve celebrations Monday as the government urged revellers not to go wild on booze and newspapers predicted a post-midnight surge in frisky behaviour.
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Stag and hen parties will have to abide by a code of conduct when celebrating in Blackpool in an attempt by the local council to uphold the family values of the seaside resort.
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Britain made merry-making with drunken excess grounds for a steep fine during the Christmas season, with the government attempting to rein in a worrying and widespread problem of binge-drinking.
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Britain is now a society transfixed by the delights of leisure and travel, new figures show
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With âMr. Beanâs Holiday,â the British comedian Rowan Atkinson continues a tradition that in the right hands never gets stale: comic pantomime.
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Unlike Super Tuesday and Fat Tuesday, this particular holiday is positively under siege.
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Britons nervously waiting to tie the knot are increasingly heading to the capitals of eastern Europe for alcohol-fuelled final flings with their best friends, otherwise known as stag or hen weekends.
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Pronouncements by politicians and religious leaders are again spotlighting the cultural divide between the Muslim community and the rest of British society. This time, the issue is people who marry their cousins.
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As the UK debate on hunting with hounds rages on some people are travelling to France where the hunting tradition is still strong.
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LONDON, Dec. 3 Dancing the tango or be-bopping in the street may be what the doctor orders for sluggish Britons to get off their couches and shed some pounds.Comment
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Mistletoe has a legendary reputation for romance, but it is also widely considered as lethal as it is festive.
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The holidays have been in the bag for this luxury retailer.