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Weekly Contest #178
Matthew had never really been too excited for the holidays. From a young age, Matthew had been aware of the gimmicks of the festive season and the predatory nature of the major companies (who were all owned by one major company with one goal, anyway, as his parents had taught him). “Those toys are a total waste of time and money,” his parents had always told him, and growing up in a recession, he had believed that they had been right. He never needed expensive, fancy toys, and he had just as much fun reading, or playing wit...
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