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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The first Christmas without Carl Barks
!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>He, who gave us so many lovely Christmas stories
!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who will ever forget " Christmas in Shacktown
" ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All that is left to us now is to hope that he
will be writing a new story :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>" Christmas in Heaven " !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wherever you are now, Carl, a Merry Christmas to
you !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And a Merry Christmas to all of you in DCML,
too !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Feliz Natal, from Brazil !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:luisfelipepires@uol.com.br">luisfelipepires@uol.com.br</A></FONT></DIV>
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