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Christmas always rustled. It rustled every time, mysteriously, with silver and gold paper, tissue paper and a rich abundance of shiny paper, decorating and hiding everything and giving a feeling of reckless extravagance.

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Tove Jansson
Age: 86 †
Born: 1914
Born: August 9
Died: 2001
Died: June 27
Cartoonist
Illustrator
Novelist
Painter
Writer
Helsingfors
Tove Marika Jansson
Tove M. Jansson
Giving
Silver
Decorating
Every
Christmas
Tissue
Always
Gold
Shiny
Time
Paper
Extravagance
Rich
Tissues
Feeling
Reckless
Feelings
Hiding
Rustled
Everything
Abundance
Mysteriously

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