Badlands Beady Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 A pard here, not long ago, once asked me what I believed in, if I didn't believe in God. I believe in lots of things; here's one of them. And, while I don't believe word-for-word, I still hold with the sentiment. "There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say," returned the nephew. "Christmas among the rest. But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -- apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that -- as a good time: a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it!" Merry Christmas to you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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