I'd be willing to bet that a big part of what makes Christmas so wonderful is the ritualistic nature of it. It's very comforting to do the same specific things each December - things that are reliably uplifting and heartwarming, and that will always happen for one month out of the year. The decorations, the traditional food, the special movies we watch and poems we read, and, most importantly, the songs we sing to celebrate the season.

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