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Old 26-12-2014, 21:05
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Pretty obvious - no-one likes Blackpool FC.
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Old 27-12-2014, 06:41
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Actually Santa clearly states what the significance of "tangerines" are early on in the script:
"They're my signature gift" he states "that and the walnut".
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Old 27-12-2014, 08:12
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Satsuma is more fun to say.
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Old 28-12-2014, 01:16
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Pretty obvious - no-one likes Blackpool FC.
Isn't Clara from Blackpool ??
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Old 28-12-2014, 01:21
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Actually Santa clearly states what the significance of "tangerines" are early on in the script:
"They're my signature gift" he states "that and the walnut".
In reality how many kids nowadays get tangerines.

Back when the tradition started it was because fruit like that was a rare luxury but now you can go out and buy them everyday if you wished
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Old 28-12-2014, 09:51
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In reality how many kids nowadays get tangerines.

Back when the tradition started it was because fruit like that was a rare luxury but now you can go out and buy them everyday if you wished
Exactly. What was rare is now an everyday occurrence.
They were never really liked for what they were anyway.
They just signified the season, a symbol more than anything else, more of value in their symbolism than reality.....and symbols can be explosive.
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Old 28-12-2014, 09:55
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Isn't Clara from Blackpool ??
By Jove, I think you've cracked it.

Santa's really saying 'no-one likes Clara'. Moffat's hidden message.
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Old 28-12-2014, 12:11
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As I said earlier they where not important and people where reading to much into the tangerines!
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Old 28-12-2014, 15:28
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Well I saw it as a throwback to the first Xmas episode with the Sycorax. After the fight he pulled one of his pocket
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Old 29-12-2014, 00:16
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By Jove, I think you've cracked it.

Santa's really saying 'no-one likes Clara'. Moffat's hidden message.
Yup, that'll be it. Mystery of the tangerines is solved.

Sherlock, schmerlock. Meh.
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