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Call a truce, then, to our labours let us feast with friends and neighbours,
And be merry as the custom of our caste;
For if “faint and forced the laughter,” and if sadness follow after,
We are richer by one mocking Christmas past.
--
Christmas in India, Stanza 5.

 

Rudyard Kipling

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‘Twas Christmas broach’d the mightiest ale;
‘Twas Christmas told the merriest tale;
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The poor man’s heart through half the year.

 

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The foundation upon which our nation stands is much richer and firmer than the sympathies that may occasionally divide us. And we never know this more truly than in Christmas time. In good times or in bad, under clear skies or under the shadow of uncertainty, the Christmas message is the imperishable one of joy, hope and brotherhood.

 

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