“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” This part of a song would describe the Christmases spent by George…
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“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas.” This part of a song would describe the Christmases spent by George…
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The year is 1986. A Senegalese farmer walks out in his field a short while after the drought season has…