Merry Christmas! ' someone shouted. He wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. 'Merry Christmas! ''Merry Christmas! ''C-cookies for ever'body! ' Sammy hollered. And looking both ways, they all fled across to the light, and the warmth, and the books, and the mystery.

Jan Karon
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