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December 1951

Merry Christmas!

ANCIENT words of endless meaning. "Merry" from myrge, Anglo-Saxon for pleasant, delightful. "Christmas" from cristmasse, medieval English for the December festival begun in the 4th century. Merry Christmas. . . words spoken by the tongues of clanging bells, shouted by perfect and imperfect strangers. carolled by laughing children, or wafted uncertainly over the fading wassail bowl. . .

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