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From: darrell@sdcsvax.UUCP (Darrell Long)
Newsgroups: net.misc,net.religion.christian,net.religion,net.philosophy
Subject: A Christmas Song
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Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 23:27:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 17 23:27:23 1985
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			A Christmas Song
			- --------- ----

	Once, in royal David's city,
	   Stood a lonely cattle shed;
	Where a mother held her baby. 
	You'd do well to remember the things he later said.
	When you're stuffing yourselves
	   At your Christmas parties;
	You'll just laugh when I tell you to
	   Take a running jump.
	There is a point
	   I'm sure does not need making,
	The Christmas spirit is
	   Not what you drink.
	So how can you laugh,
	   When your own mother's hungry?
	And how can you smile,
	   When your reasons for smiling are wrong?
	Well, if I've just messed up
	   Your thoughtless pleasures,
	Remember, if you wish, this is just a Christmas song...

	``Hey, Santa, pass us that bottle will ya?''

					I. Anderson
-- 
Darrell Long
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, San Diego

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