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Competition

No. 1246: Scroogery

Set by Jaspistos: You are invited to write an unseasonable poem in dispraise of Christmas (maximum 16 lines). Entries to `Competition No. 1246' by 10 December. This and the next Competition will carry, as well as the first prize of a bottle of Pedro Domecq's Carlos III Selected Brandy, a se- cond prize of a bottle of Château de Barbe Villeneuve 1971 by kindness of Andrew Bruce, Wine Consultant, 26 Napier Avenue, London SW6 3UT.