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My husband grew up in a family who immigrated from Great Britain in the sixties, whose father came up through the Depression in England, then the blitz, and who had been one of six children in a very low income family.
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by Ann E. Smith
Christmas was intended to be a time for remembering the birth of Christ, and what His life and sacrifice mean for us. However, based on its commercial aspects, Christmas has become a time of great stress for many people.
In particular,
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My family is large. With seven siblings who have an average of three children each, now married with children of their own and scattered across the United States, we learned years ago that simply being together for a shared meal
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