Back in December 2008, Joan Rivers contributed a diary to the Spectator’s Christmas issue. Joan died yesterday at the age of 81. Here’s her piece:
A lot of you weaklings out there are probably very upset at how fast the dollar and the pound are falling, and about how every time you turn on the television all they talk about is the economy and how it is getting worse, and how everyone is now saying not only are we in recession but it’s going to get w-o-r-s-e. Well, instead of getting depressed, I have decided to take full advantage of the recession and make this holiday season the happiest one I have ever had. How? Below are some of the things that I have been doing to make the coming days joyful ones.
Because of the recession we no longer have to buy gifts for people we hate.
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