Merry Merry, Happy Happy

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.

The Pickwick Papers

Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty; it was the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness; the old year was preparing, like an ancient philosopher, to call his friends around him, and amidst the sound of feasting and revelry to pass gently and calmly away.

The Immortal Words of Linus from "A Charlie Brown Christmas"

(when handed his script,from Lucy)

I can't memorize these lines! This is ridiculous... I can't memorize something like this so quickly! Why should I be put through this agony? Give me one good reason why I should memorize this.

in the words of Boris

Snow swept over the earth,
Swept it from end to end.
The candle on the table burned,
The candle burned.

Like swarms of summer midges
Drawn to the flame
The snowflakes
Flocked to the window.

The driven snow drew circles and arrowa
On the window pane.
The candle on the table burned,
The candle burned.