There are many things which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say, Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I
have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round—
apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if
anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a
kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of,
in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by
one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of
people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the
grave,and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.
And therefore, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in
my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good;
and I say, God bless it!
have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round—
apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if
anything belonging to it can be apart from that—as a good time; a
kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of,
in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by
one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of
people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the
grave,and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys.
And therefore, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in
my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good;
and I say, God bless it!
From "A Christmas Carol."
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Kansas Preppers from the CPN!!!
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