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At the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm, she meets the doomed Starkadders — cousin Judith, heaving with remorse for unspoken wickedness; Amos, preaching fire and damnation; their sons, lustful Seth and despairing Reuben; child of nature, Elfine; and crazed old Aunt Ada Doom, who has kept to her bedroom for the last twenty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Flora loves nothing better than to organise other people. 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It is a parody of the worst sort of family Christmas—Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. 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