Christmas is almost by definition an exercise in nostalgia. Carols, a half-dozen endlessly-repeated 40-year-old animated TV specials and those Lexus and diamond ads all summon up longing for the snowy holidays of yore. And if you're over 15 and live almost anywhere in America's northern climes, odds are you remember snow falling at Christmastime, and remember it with dewy affection.
These are small pleasures. Christmas is celebrated joyously in many climates the world over, of course. And the content of nostalgia...
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