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From Now 'Til New Year's: Baby-Making on the Rise

Increased leisure time and resolutions the cause

By Victoria Floethe, Newser User

Posted Dec 28, 2008 6:42 AM CST

(Newser) – The gifts have been opened, but a special package may be arriving 9 months from now. The days between Christmas and the start of the New Year see more sex than usual, reports McClatchy Newspapers, which cite Trojan condom's pre-New Year's sales as proof. ... Read full story »

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