Hunh. Well, maybe, in light of that, I was missing a cultural reference; if everyone in Britian was already primed to consider "disaster at sea" = "fun Christmas fare," then maybe VOTD didn't strike such an odd note over there.
(Over here, we get marathons of Star Wars and Harry Potter movies on Christmas day, go figure . . .)
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Date: 2009-11-02 09:09 pm (UTC)(Over here, we get marathons of Star Wars and Harry Potter movies on Christmas day, go figure . . .)