Season's Greetings to all

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all Paranormal readers. See you next year, if not before!

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  1. Seabee23 December 2010 at 05:46

    Merry Christmas and a good New Year to you too.

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  2. Para Glider23 December 2010 at 05:55

    Thanks - now all I have to do is get there. Flights into London are still highly disrupted.

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