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Opinion: A Ye Olde Holiday Tale For 2019

NPR's Scott Simon has gotten tired of clichéd holiday stories, so he wrote one of his own.
If you're tired of eggnog, twinkling lights and family gathered by an open fire, then this is a holiday story for you.

There are scores of holiday stories on streaming services this season, and a lot of them seem rolled out of the same candy cane factory: snow, smiles and the real meaning of love.

As an aficionado of the form, I've tried to

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