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In many, many German households, just before dinnertime on New Year’s Eve, everyone gathers around the TV to watch a black and white 1963 taping of the short British play Dinner for One. This comedic sketch is about a well-to-do English woman’s 90th birthday dinner. Birthday girl Miss Sophie seems to have outlived her friends, as James, her long-time servant, plays the part of all four dinner guests. Each course of…

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…when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there…

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