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“MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM HEAVEN”
Guideposts
|Dec/Jan 2026
Four nights before Christmas, and my tree was bare.
No ornaments. No garland. No twinkle lights. I stood in my living room, storage boxes of decorations surrounding me, but nothing, not even the Christmas music marathon on the radio, could get me into the holiday spirit.
This story is from the Dec/Jan 2026 edition of Guideposts.
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