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How I Rediscover Christmas Joy

How I Rediscover Christmas Joy

Charlie Paparelli
Dec 23, 2016
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Every year I find it harder and harder to focus my thoughts on the reason for this season. It is about Jesus. Right? At least that’s how I remember it from when I was a kid.I went to a Catholic elementary school called St. Paul’s in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was populated with kids, like me, whose fathers worked blue collar jobs. We never really drea…

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