The midnight wakes, the glory breaks, and Christmas comes again

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I salute you. There is nothing I can give that you have not, but there is much that, while I cannot give you, you can take.
No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take heaven.
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in the present. Take peace.
The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take joy.
And so at this Christmas time I greet you, with the prayer that for you, now and forever, the day breaks and the shadows flee away.
--Fra Giovanni, 1613

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Merry Christmas, everybody!