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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve had been a very tiring day for all the Bensons, Mr Benson. The head of the house usually got off lightly (13) __________ Christmas - lightly, (14) __________ is, where personal effort was concerned. Where money was (15) __________; no, Mr Benson knew that Christmas was an expensive time of the year. And later, when he got out his cheque book to give his usual presents, the expense (17) __________ be greater. But he could afford (18) __________. He could afford it better (19) __________ Christmas than at any other Christmas in the history (20) __________ his steadily increasing fortune. And he didn’t (21) __________ to think, he didn’t have to choose. He just had to look at a list and name, or remove one or two. There was something quite big to leave (22) __________ this year, though it didn’t show on the list or in his cheque book.

If he felt (24) __________, he would add the amount so saved to his children’s cheques. Tim and Helen would think that he was even more generous than he really was.