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It’s a scary fact in China, that although you could be an adult male, you might have parents who bought you. A baby boy can be bought for $15,000 and could be a kidnapped child. A recent sting yielded 89 babies and 355 arrests and a question… can they even trace where each baby came from? “the Chinese government says that 10,000 children are kidnapped each year, but some experts suggest the number may be as high as 70,000.” (NY Times - Abduction)
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[youtube]eG_v3Kd7A_Y[/youtube] Wrote this today. Merry Christmas! There’s a mystery in Christmas Tell me how did it all come to this? and melodies we hear one time each year that in the past meant presents and being good to parents isn’t it a wonder where the year has gone? from the dying embers of december’s song There’s a mystery on Christmas Eve How did it it all come to this? with shopping malls and airport crawls we bicker quicker with the ones we Love, for some, for me, for you, for all of us who’ve lost a love or two for some, for me, for you, for all of us who miss someone, don’t you? There’s a history in this revelry Break ups, Baking, Ultimatums Drunken end of send-off parties Open Bars and Scarves and too much food… Wonder how we came to this, don’t you? You know? Long ago in Christmas snow, we fell and sang and made some angels Some of us have angels of our own on loan until they earn their wings while things from past Decembers hold warm memories we kindly fan the kindling of what next year might bring There’s a mystery and you’ve got me enraptured til the last gift is unwrapped here and melodies from the past now mean I’m glad you’re here.
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