Christmas: The most wonderful time of the year

Sunday, December 21, 2014

I'm sure no child ever loved Christmas more than I did and, thank God, the thrill of it all is still with me. When Gene Autry sings "Rudolph" and Bing Cosby reaches down into the resonance of his deep baritone voice and tells us about the "White Christmas" he sees in his dreams, it generates emotions in me that were spawned by three generations of Christmas memories.

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