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To feel that a certain thing has been chosen especially for you - to fit your own individuality and particular desire, if not always need - this, it has always seemed to me, is the true spirit of Christmas.

I have thought for several years that we ought all of us to give simpler gifts.

A remembrance, no matter how small, if carefully and thoughtfully chosen to meet the need or desire of the recipient, carries with it more of the real Christmas spirit than the costliest gift or one chosen at random.

"Mother, why don't we have turkey?" The clear look came back into the eyes of the small girl's mother, and she said, "Because we are content."

And the small girl said, "What is content?" And her mother said, "It is making the best of what God gives us..."