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Second Sunday of Advent

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During the Vietnam War, after a holiday cease-fire had been announced, veteran news anchor Walter Cronkite signed off the evening news broadcast by saying:

Goodnight, it’s Christmas Eve. It’s seven o’clock and there’s peace in the world. We don’t know if there’ll be peace in the world tomorrow night but we know, tonight, Christmas Eve, there’s peace in the world.

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