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Edward Snowden addressed the British public earlier today on Channel 4 as part of their Alternative Christmas Message, and recorded in Russia earlier in the year It's the first time he's spoken on television since the balloon went up. Addressing the camera, with a tinny microphone voice, backed by blue curtains, he said; Hi and Merry Christmas,[...]

The Queen's Speech on Christmas Day is a long standing British tradition, in which the reigning monarch addresses their subjects, first by radio and now by television as well. Not quite as long standing, but still pretty traditional now is the Alternative Christmas Message on Channel 4, scheduled against the Queen for the last twenty years[...]