Let me confess to being less puritanical at this time of year. Yes, Christmas crackers' groan-worthy 'jokes' and the season's uncouth commerce bring out the worst in me, but I am thankful for family, for friends, and especially for the annual reminder of the babe in the manger and what we are really celebrating. Scrooge came late to this revelation, but he did eventually arrive, as might all who can appreciate the gift rather than the wrapping
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