Mary Killen Mary Killen

Your Problems Solved | 4 January 2003

Etiquette advice from The Spectator's Miss Manners

issue 04 January 2003

Dear Mary…

Q. A couple of years ago you advised readers to minimise present-buying stress at Christmas by finding something that would be acceptable to people of all age ranges and simply buying up said item in bulk. This year I took your advice and feel I must share with readers the great success that I enjoyed with my bulk purchase of butler’s trays from IKEA.

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