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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.

Tove Jansson

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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
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Christmas
Tissue
Always
Gold
Shiny
Time
Paper
Extravagance
Rich
Tissues
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Reckless
Feelings
Hiding
Rustled
Everything
Abundance
Mysteriously
Giving
Silver
Decorating

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