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How Christmas Saved
AMERICA
Every year, we are “treated” to fact, on at least one occasion, Christmas
inane Christmas TV specials, often saved our country.
involving a dastardly plot to interfere
In 1977, our Revolutionary Army
with a joyous Christmas celebration,
was in tatters. On December 19th of
and/or an unlikely hero who saves the
that year, General Washington marched
day. Grinches, Ernest, and Rudolph
some 11,000 soldiers, along with
notwithstanding, the truth is that
approximately 500 women and children,
Christmas doesn’t need to be saved. In
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