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Christmas

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Peace on Earth, and pass the popcorn

Love comes down

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The Christmas story comes to life

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Christmas story, song and spirit

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3 songs, 2 themes, 1 awe-inspiring Messiah

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Uplifting Christmas gifts
How many gifts have you received over a lifetime? Hundreds? Some are easily forgotten—stored in your attic of faded memories. But others you remember and cherish in your heart all your life, even longer than the item itself may have endured or after the person who gave it to you has passed on. What do you remember?
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