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lastlib

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Thu Dec 25, 2025, 03:02 PM 11 hrs ago

How I think of Christmas [View all]



The juxtaposition in this music of arguably the most beautiful song ever written against a backdrop of the greatest human ugliness--violence, hatred, war--is jarring to the conscience.

And finally, there is this:



"We close with Good Night, Good Luck, a Merry Christmas--and God bless all of you on the good earth."

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