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On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child.

Nigella Lawson

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Nigella Lawson
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: January 6
Journalist
Reality Television
Television Presenter
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London
England
Nigella Lucy Lawson
Hon. Nigella Lucy Lawson
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