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Submitted to Contest #132
Nearly every year, I run into the basement, scrambling for some pretty sheets of construction paper and crayons to make a reasonably acceptable Christmas card for my grandparents. Winter 2010 was no different, except this year I decided to spice up the cards a bit. I had drawn nearly the same Christmas tree on green or red paper every year, and I wanted to do something new. I was an angsty thirteen, didn’t believe in God, and was in a hurry for some inspiration. So this year, I used yellow paper instead, I drew a candle, and I wrote “Merry C...
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