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Merry Christmas, Mom! Sorry Santa came early this year. That never happened before.
The following story was submitted by a precocious nine-year-old living in a military community outside Fort Liberty, N.C.
SPRING LAKE, N.C. — Look. I know I’m a kid, but I’m not naive. I know the “big secret”: Santa Claus isn’t real. Just like the Easter Bunny, the Tooth F…
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