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Saturday, December 24, 2022

The Night Before the Birth of Christ

Michael Rieser, The Night Before the Birth of Christ

By Julie D. at December 24, 2022

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Note this is satire via The Onion which doesn't feature their horoscopes anymore. Satire means: trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

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