It’s the moment any Christmas partygoer dreads: stepping into a friend’s hallway to make your goodbyes and finding yourself surreptitiously standing under a sprig of mistletoe with a less-than-desirable (but just as unfortunate) stranger. “Oh go on, you have to kiss, it’s tradition.” And so you do. A chaste peck on the lips; nothing too crowd-pleasing (depending…
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