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Christmas Wishes. November 26th, 2025. Steve languished in his barca lounger, the TV playing reruns of a baseball match he had no interest in watching. He scratched his overnight shadow of a beard, looking around his sparse, one bed room apartment. This was it then! He had resigned himself to his fate. He was destined to spend Christmas,...
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