|
"People
can't concentrate properly on blowing other / people to pieces
properly if their minds are poisoned / by thoughts suitable
to the twenty-fifth of De- / cember."
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Ogden
Nash
Merry Christmas,
Nearly Everybody
1938
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| M |
| "The
irony of Christmas is always upon the poor in heart; the mystery
of the solstice is always upon the rest of us." |
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John
Cheever
The
Falconer
1977
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| M |
| "How
many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis
easier to keep holidays than commandments." |
Benjamin
Franklin
Poor Richard's Almanack
1732-57
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