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Santa Wake Up High School
Imagine this: it’s December 25th, 1985, you wake up bright and early and you excitedly hop out of bed and run over to your siblings bed to wake them up too. After they get out of bed, you guys run across the hall to get your parents up. Shortly after that, you race your sibling to the living room and discover the handful of presents that Santa left for you. You rip open all six of the gifts left underneath the tree and you couldn’t be more grateful. After that, you play with your toys for hours on end and you couldn’t have asked for anything better. Now imagine this: it’s December 25th, 2017, you wake up earlier than normal, but not too early. You walk down the hall to wake up your sibling, then down stairs to wake your parents up, and lastly

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