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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Hamish MacBain

"What's the deal with that Taylor Swift then, eh?" How to win at Christmas family discussions

So: how’s it going? Lunch all great? Eye-rolling at that M&S Nut Roast for one all done? Socks gratefully received? Good. Now it’s time for your family to ask you to explain – kid-’splain, if you will – all those things they’ve been reading about in the Sunday papers all year. The key, really, for the benefit of all present, is to shut these avenues of discussion down as quickly as possible. With that in mind, here’s a guide to how you can do just that.

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