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Attack Threat To Shops Over Early Xmas Cards
« Thread Started on Aug 28, 2009, 5:54pm »

Police are investigating a threat made against several charity shops in a campaign to stop Christmas cards being sold too early.

A group calling itself Movement for the Containment of Xmas has posted letters to three charities and a newsagents in Headingley, Leeds.

The stores were warned their premises would be attacked if any cards went on sale before November.

The letter read: "This is a very polite but serious reminder not to display Xmas cards until 1st Nov. We will put super glue in your locks if you do. Peace and goodwill."

The lock of mental health charity shop Mind has already been glued shut.

The store's manager, who did not want to be named, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: "This has made staff feel very uneasy and we have alerted the police.

"We have removed our current Christmas card sales display... This is a great pity as we have been selling off last year's stock and making £70 a week for the charity."

The letter was also delivered to an Oxfam shop on Otley Road.

Manager Clive Baker said it was "very odd".

"Every morning I wonder if I am going to be able to open up or will the lock be glued," he said.

"We are not going to take our cards down as we are a charity and we raise money for all the Oxfam projects. The cards are important for our fundraising."

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