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Christmas Quote by Michael Rosen

“A Christmas Carol' is one of a few literary works that can be cited as a common cultural reference point, so its a text people imagine theyve read without having done so.” quote by Michael Rosen — Download Open image

“A Christmas Carol' is one of a few literary works that can be cited as a common cultural reference point, so its a text people imagine theyve read without having done so.”

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Where the government has got it seriously wrong is to imagine that poetry is about right and wrong answers, that poetry has testable outcomes.…

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To my future children; you will know the true meaning of Christmas just not you get gifts.

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A new heart for a New Year, always!

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There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas.

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