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Hi, and welcome to another issue of Learn Hot English – the fun magazine for learning English. In this month’s issue, we’re looking at 10 Christmas traditions from English speaking countries. In this great article, you’ll learn a lot about the culture in other countries, and have something to talk about over the holiday period! Of course, that’s not all and we’re also looking at pranks, Notting Hill (the movie), boxing, Las Vegas, banks, Giorgio Armani, jokes, a famous prank about spaghetti, phrasal verbs, idioms, slang, vocabulary, a business topic, and lots, lots more. Well, we hope you enjoy reading and listening to this issue of Learn Hot English. Have fun, learn lots of English and see you all next month!

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