Christmas advertising has become an arms race, as British retailers vie to win the nation’s heart over the crucial festive season. Stuart McGurk reports

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Snow whirled around her, the wind biting through the thin fabric of her patched-up skirts as she hurried through the streets of London. Elizabeth Cratchit, wife of Bob and mother of poor Tiny Tim, sho