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The PM has been doing the rounds of local radio stations. For a man who doesn't mind making a complete dork of himself, it's a great opportunity to provide some traditional pre-xmas-news-lite information on his family's ice cream habits, how to date his daughter and other trivia. There was even a dodgy rendition of Snoopy's Christmas.

It's all terribly hokey, but people seem to love that shtick from Mr Key.

It was all good until this let-them-eat-cake moment:

Asked if he had a Christmas message to New Zealanders, he said: "Enjoy the best of New Zealand, it's a wonderful country, it's an amazing place."

The Key family, however, would be holidaying in Hawaii, where he owns an apartment in Maui.