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    <updated_at>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:01:55 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I'm going to sound like a big nerd, but my favorite gift was a beautiful set of Gingher scissors!  I'm always borrowing my Mom's scissors for my patchwork quilts and now I have a pair of my own!  Yay!  ]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[<em>Jo wrote: &quot;Monica wrote: &quot;I just started <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6320534.Under_the_Dome" title="Under the Dome by Stephen King">Under the Dome  A Novel</a>.  I haven't read a Stephen King book in a very long time, but this one just sounded interesting.  So far, it's got me hooked!&quot;<br/>...&quot;</em><br/><br/>So am I, Jo!  I couldn't put it down this past weekend!  It's really good....and creepy!!!  ]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[So, I really thought this was a sweet, simple story.  It was very neat, tidy and happy.  It was almost too tidy and perfect, but I wouldn't want to read an unhappy, messy Christmas story!  :)  I debated about giving it three stars because I felt that the story lacked some depth, but then I think I w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80172543">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[I think the 60s or 70s is a good guess.  I like how the time period is kind of a mystery.  I love the simplicity of the story and how it's written.  It makes me want to visit Alabama!  :) ]]></body>
        
    
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