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.