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THEY ARE ALREADY CHRISTMAS REGULARS WHETHER IT IS ON TV OR EMBLAZONED ON THAT GIFT OF PAJAMAS, NOVELTY MUG OR TIE. BUT THIS FESTIVE SEASON THERE REALLY WON'T BE ANY ESCAPE FROM ICONIC WALLACE AND GROMIT. THE ANIMATED INVENTOR, WHOSE GADGETS NEVER QUITE WORK ACCORDING TO PLAN, AND HIS LONG-SUFFERING DOG, WILL BE DELIVERING THEIR BRAND OF UNIQUE HUMOR FROM THE ENVELOPES OF MILLIONS OF CHRISTMAS CARDS. CHARACTERS WILL APPEAR ON FIVE SEASONAL STAMPS. ON SECOND-CLASS MAIL, WALLACE LETS RIP WITH THE CAROLS AS GROMIT RAISES AN EYEBROW (AND NO DOUBT THANKS HIS LUCKY STARS FOR HIS EAR MUFFS). ON THE FIRST-CLASS STAMP, THE DOG POSTS HIS OWN STACK OF LETTERS, WHILE ON THE 60p STAMP, THE PAIR DECORATE A CHRISTMAS TREE. GROMIT STAGGERS UNDER THE WEIGHT OF AN ENORMOUS CHRISTMAS PUDDING ON THE 97p STAMP, AND ON THE £1.46, HE RECEIVES THAT CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SWEATER...WHICH LOOKS A LITTLE ON THE LARGE SIZE. ANIMATOR NICK PARK HAD TO DEVELOP THE SCENES FIRST, THEN THEY WERE SHRUNK TO FIT THE STAMPS. PHILIP PARKER, OF THE ROYAL MAIL, SAID THE TASK WAS A 'LABOR OF LOVE'. 'KEEN-EYED COLLECTORS ARMED WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS WILL SEE THE ENVELOPE BEING POSTED ON THE FIRST-CLASS STAMP FEATURES THE ACTUAL FIRST-CLASS STAMP', HE ADDED. ROYAL MAIL PUBLISHES STAMPS WITH RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR THEMES IN ALTERNATE YEARS. 2010 IN THE TURN FOR SECULAR DESIGNS. BUT STAMPS FEATURING THE MADONNA AND CHILD ARE ALSO ON SALE AT ALL ROYAL MAIL VENUES.
