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 The Night Before ChristmasSilent night Holy nightAll is quiet and I'm alone tonight Not ever the ringing of the telephone My heart is aching and my voice keeps breaking While tears form in my eyes If this is the season for good will to all men What ever happened to compassion then? Why can't humans accept each other warts and all? But look at our outside and make judgements from our appearance and walk? I do not understand that families can put so much empahasis on this yearly occasion When there is so much unhappiness caused through this day of togetherness It is Jesus' birthday after all Not the day for Santa Claus (Satans Claws) Who brought this fake in? It is not his birthday at all! The hype that goes on leading up to and before causes so much stress because people need to impress! with catering and latest presents Amanda Martin-Shaver © 24 December 2000 women while I was training to do my LPN certificate. In New Zealand. One of the young single women whom I took under my wing went home for Christmas and came back the same evening so hurt and a wreck emotionally. She is hearing impaired and has been fitted with two hearing aides, yet her family did not believe she needed them and was pretending. She was also obese and had an addiction to cokeacola which gave her migraines 
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