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Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions.

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Ellen Hopkins
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: March 26
Novelist
Writer
Long Beach
California
Ellen Louise Hopkins
Family
Event
White
Mostly
Wrapping
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Christmas
Gathered
Everything
Favorite
Presents
Love
Inspired
Traditions
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Events
Sharing
Friends
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