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A Fuzzy Feel-Good Christmas Time

by Robert Eringer

Dec 23, 2023
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I grew up celebrating Christmas and I’m not trading it for “winter holidays” or anything else.

Greet me with “Happy Hannukah” or “Happy Kwanzaa” or “Happy Holidays” or whatever makes you feel good, fine with me, glad you are enjoying the Yuletide season, but I’m sticking with “Merry Christmas!”

For me this is a cultural, not a religious thing. I did some …

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