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MISCELLANY
EndNotes
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory,
like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.
— Garrison
Keillor
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“Our lawyer
wishes us, but does not
guarantee, a happy Christmas.”
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There's
nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas
morning and not be a child.
— Erma Bombeck
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Christmas at the Orphanage
But
if they’d give us toys and twice the stuff most
parents splurge on the average kid,
orphans, I submit, need more
than enough;
in fact, stacks wrapped with our names nearly hid
the tree: these sparkling allotments yearly
guaranteed a lack of — what? — family? —
I knew exactly what it was I missed
as we were lined up number rank
and file:
to share my pals’ tearing open their piles
meant sealing the self, the child that wanted
to scream at all You stole those gifts from me;
whose birthday is worth such words? The wish-lists
they’d made us write out in May lay granted
against starred branches. I said I’m sorry.
— Bill Knott
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"I stopped making a list.
Nothing is considered naughty any more!"
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Oren Arnold's
Christmas gift suggestions
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.
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Never worry about the size
of your Christmas tree.
In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
— Larry Wilde
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