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I’ve been a bit down on the UK recently. But now December is here I’ve suddenly, inexplicably, become filled with festive merriment and a desire to remind myself how, in some circumstances, you just can’t beat the Brits.

Take Christmas light switch-ons. In the United States, the 2011 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony was attended by no-marks such as Barack Obama and family, the cast of Jersey Boys and, wait for it… Kermit the Frog.

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Meanwhile, at the Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent, more than 12,000 people watched former X-Factor contestant Kitty Brucknell expose herself through an orange spandex onesie, while her backing singers brought new meaning to the term ‘synchronised’.

I think it’s fairly obvious who comes out of this little tussle looking better, don’t you?