1. Seeing their joy reminds each of us of happy Christmases past.

2. Biafra had a George Washington — for three Christmases and a little bit more

3. Prince William, chewed his lip anxiously while eight-year-old Harry stared wistfully ahead, dreaming of Christmases past.

4. The spirit escorts Scrooge on a journey into the past to previous Christmases from the curmudgeon 's earlier years .

5. Rumour has it that, following protracted negotiations with `the Social', the birthday boy has currently "got a few quid" for the first time since he invested in a Boxful of luminous plastic frogs that failed to make the expected splash two or three Christmases ago.