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We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa Clause myth and got nothing but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. 'Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten,' Dad said, ' you'll still have your stars.

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Jeannette Walls
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: April 21
Journalist
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