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It’s Christmas again (from Manila)

11/30/2014

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1963-64: Grandmother in Philippines as Peace Corps
  leaves for a world tour by mid-1964


It's Christmas again (from Manila)

And we’ve tried very hard
To get a family photo
For our Christmas card

We’ve tried it for years
But it never works.
Somebody cries,
And somebody smirks

The problem is not
Uniquely ours,
We see it as a world-wide
Clash of powers.

To get a smile
On the whole world’s face
Is a hope as old
As the human race.

So the picture in words
We present to you
Of the joys of life
We all go through

Merry Christmas
And a Good year too



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    Kerry (Kathryn) Poethig

    We were "fraternal kids", Americans in the Philippines from Magsaysay to Marcos. I thought our story needed elaboration.

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