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On fruitcakes and kites

By Debbie Noland Guest Columnist
Posted 12/25/25

Another Christmas is in the books. Though some of its images linger with us, most of us are ready to think about tucking them away to greet the arrival of 2026. The stockings come down; we unravel the garlands and lights. We eat that last peanut cluster and reduce the turkey to leftover sandwich material. And, we squeeze the stories of our favorite Christmas characters — the Grinch, jolly old St. Nick, Frosty, the infamous Herdmans, Ebenezer Scrooge — back onto the shelves they occupy most of the year.

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