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The longest christmas cracker pulling chain consisted of 1081 people and was achieved by the harrodian school in london on 10 december 2015. A unique flatbottom steering wheel gives the driver an enhanced driving experience. The implication is that these are for children when in truth everyone at our christmas dinner table wears that silly crown. Giftmaker christmas catalogue 2015 by tom smith issuu. In 2015 chevrolet built 34,240 corvettes that represents a production decrease of 8% for corvette stingrays built in 2014. Each cracker contains luxury contents such as a pen, bottle opener, key ring, mirror or a clock.

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