{"id":2086,"date":"2010-12-27T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2010\/12\/a-christmas-classic-you-can-ke.html"},"modified":"2010-12-27T06:00:58","modified_gmt":"2010-12-27T06:00:58","slug":"a-christmas-classic-you-can-ke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2010\/12\/a-christmas-classic-you-can-ke.html","title":{"rendered":"A Christmas Classic: You Can Keep Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFrom “A Classic Christmas,”<\/a> a compilation of beautiful reflections, meditations, and scripture passages. <\/em><\/p>\n


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Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world–stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death–and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image of the brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas. –Henry Van Dyke<\/p>\n

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