Christmas Presents
Here are ten useful phrases for responding to Christmas presented you would rather not have received: 1. Thanks a lot! 2. My word! What a gift. 3. Well, well, well … 4. If I hadn’t put on so much weight recently it would have fitted me perfectly. 5. Gosh, I hope I never lose this. We’re always losing things around here. 6. It’s great; but I’m worried about the jealousy it may create. 7. Just my luck to get this, on the Christmas I promised to give all my gifts to charity. 8. Unfortunately, I am about to enter MI5’s Witness Protection programme. 9. Frankly, I don’t deserve this. 10. Really, you shouldn’t have.