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It will soon be Christmas, a season that reveals a message of gentleness, of intimacy in the family, of gifts and celebrations and of the joy of little children, Christmas carols, sparkling lights in the streets, the crib and midnight services. I remember Christmas mornings when I was a child. My brother Bernard and I slept in the same room. We would rush to look under our beds where we would always find our mother’s stockings filled with gifts, and at the bottom, nuts and tangerines (which at that time were “Christmas fruits”). ...