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Good Morning and Welcome Yule!

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Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday  Christmas. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment.
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Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty;
it was the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness;
the old year was preparing, like an ancient philosopher,
to call his friends around him, and amidst the sound of feasting
and revelry to pass gently and calmly away.

 – Charles Dickens

“A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!” – Tiny Tim

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