Feliz Navidad!

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Self-portrait by Charles Marion Russell.
 Christmas greeting reads 

“Best wishes for your Christmas
Is all you get from me
‘Cause I ain’t no Santa Claus
Don’t own no Christmas tree.
But if wishes was health and money
I’d fill your buck-skin poke
Your doctor would go hungry
An’ you never would be broke.”

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