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A housing association has shocked residents by sending a Christmas card which read: ‘Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, please make sure your pay your rent, so in your home you’ll stay’. The cards have been sent to around 650 homes in the South West, and a resident said that while they may look like Christmas cards, most people see it more as a veiled threat. The manager of the housing association said it was simply to remind people that rent is an important payment.