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Submitted to Contest #178
Dolores did not like the holidays. She did not appreciate the forced feeling of communal celebration, nor the saccharine cheeriness that they pumped through supermarket speakers and home television sets. She hated the upbeat jangle of jingle bells, both the sickening song and the so-called instrument that evoked the indentured servitude of horses. She did not understand why a compulsory holiday fell during the coldest time of the year, when the air hurt her face when she dared to step outside. But there was one festivity she could not avoid...
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