Meaning of Christmas, holiday table, breakfast recipes

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Daily Newsletter for Monday, December 24, 2018

bells

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

–Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–82)
Monday, December 24, 2018
 358th day of the year


Robert Joffrey (dancer) was born on this day in 1930.
Jack Klugman (actor) died on this day in 2012.
 
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