There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas. ✨ Charles Dickens (…

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There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas. ✨ Charles Dickens (1867). Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood]., p.126
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There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas. ✨ Charles Dickens (1867). Charles Dickens's works. Charles Dickens ed. [18 vols. of a 21 vol. set. Wanting A child's history of England; Christmas stories; The mystery of Edwin Drood]., p.126

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