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OPINION: A message of political peace

| December 24, 2025 1:00 AM

As we search for peace, the amazing true story behind the carol,“I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” offers hope.

In 1863, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned the poem “Christmas Bells,” which (in a politically sanitized version) eventually became the text for the beloved carol, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day.”

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