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"On the whole, I prefer Christmas as an adult than I did as a child."
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"Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world."

"Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important."

"I'm a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order."

"Jews do not have to be Christians. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism, but too utopian, too hopeful, too unrealistic a turn."

"Nothing does more to activate Christian divisions than talk about Christian unity."

"Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree."
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