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Love this and love you brother! Merry Christmas!

And remembering Daddy reading the Night Before Christmas! ❤️

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I sure do, Ginny. I love you! Merry Christmas to you and Benny!

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What a perfect revision of the old standby. Wonderful picture of the festive tree with the animals walking around. Enjoy the day before you saddle up for whatever is coming.

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Lynn and I want to wish you and Tracy a most joyous, healthy and definitely a peaceful New Year!

We loved your Christmas Doggerel.

You are the eyes and ears of so many people in terms of what is really happening at this dark time..as I've said before, you are one of a kind! Rog

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Could get allot darker

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Merry Christmas Lucian to you and your family! Thanks for such wonderful writing to make it easier to deal with such horrible cheer in the old year!

Those pancakes look yummy! To a Happy, peaceful, healthy and to some of our officers in Jail next year!

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Warm and wonderful holidays to you and yours, Lucian!! So many of us feel like we know you - with such candor, relevance, eloquence and passion, you are the definition of a kindred spirit! Merry Christmas!!!🎄🎁

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Okay, now we'll send the cheer to the stratosphere: Little Saint Nick, Beach Boys, 1965

https://youtu.be/P-vAZabkn3U?si=Hyra5M8sIkOzVNYi

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And a very merry Christmas to you and your family, Lucian!!

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Dear Mr. Truscott, Have a lovely Christmas evening surrounded by family and friends. Night on Christmas eve has a distinct stillness. We give ourselves to peace and good will, too briefly! Best wishes for 2024.

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And your Xmas column, poem, and Tracy's photos, and good wishes for us and the Dems WERE home runs. Merry Christmas to you, your family, and all your readers--and thank you for taking us into your home and thoughts.

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Merry Christmas to all!!! and omg are those pancakes????!!!

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Yes, at the Village Diner in Milford.

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I see why you live there clearly now

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I do love pancakes..

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Yummy!!!

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Enjoy the holiday, rest, gain energy from that glorious pancake Santa, and look forward to the light in the New Year!

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My man! (But where are the cats?)

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Yes I was hoping to see grey fur and stripes! Yet, the tree is still standing...

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Sincere wishes for a very Merry Christmas for you and your family plus the kitties and pups. I enjoy your columns very much!

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Merry Christmas. Our grandson in Syria appreciated your good wishes.

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Merry Christmas to you, Tracy and family!Wishing you a new year filled with love and peace💝

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Wishing you & yours all the very best Lucian.

I've truly enjoyed all your columns. As I've said, it's the one daily email I look most forward to and the ONLY one I've ever considered paying for.

When you wrote me back, and you actually personally answered (from what I recall, was a fairly cynical one of mine. Speculating my inquiry would be answered by a robot) it just knocked me out....

You'll recall it was a Bob Dylan related article of yours that 1st caught my attention. And this reprinted Slim Harpo story is now a close favorite. Too cool!!

Love all your work, truly enjoy reading your readers replies & am planning to renew my subscription here on the 26th.

Peace to all,

Corky in KC

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