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Finding the real joy of # Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the purchasing of # gifts . We find real joy when we make the Savior the focus of the season.

Thomas S. Monson

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Thomas S. Monson
Age: 90 †
Born: 1927
Born: August 21
Died: 2018
Died: January 2
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