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Giving. It is
something that transcends religion, politics, and national
boundaries...
Americans
have much on their hands
with recent natural disasters, but
Americans also reach out to every corner of the world to show
compassion. All nations calling themselves great will
reach out whenever the call comes.
 In
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge's statement of "You were always a
good man of business Jacob", prompts Marley's ghost to respond "Mankind
was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy,
forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The dealings
of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of
my business!"
Christmas is the
time we look most to use the examples of a child, born in the lowest
of places, wrapped in swaddling clothing to understand the
importance of giving to those we find less fortunate or in great
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