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The Delightful Reason Dolly Parton Leaves Her Christmas Decorations Up Through Mid-January

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The Delightful Reason Dolly Parton Leaves Her Christmas Decorations Up Through Mid-January

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25 Non-Christmas Things That Have Happened on December 25

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The Radio City Rockettes perform the March of the Wooden Soldier at the Christmas Spectacular in Radio City Music Hall.

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Oink to the World: How Smashing a Peppermint Pig Became an American Christmas Tradition

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