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We all get together with family and 

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friends and celebrate a new tradition 

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has taken root at Arnold Air Force Base 

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and its how over everyone entering the 

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gate filling them with Christmas . 

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Cheer . 

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Merry Christmas base personnel and 

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their families gathered for the annual 

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tree lighting ceremony led by A E DC 

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commander . Colonel Grant me . This is 

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a great time for us to reflect back on 

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the whole rest of the year . This is 

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where we're getting to that reset time 

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for the New Year . We're getting to 

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that time for New Year's resolutions 

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and it's a great time to look back . 

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And what I really reflect back on is 

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how blessed I am to have this team in 

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my life . Thanks in part to a couple of 

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special visitors from the North Pole . 

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Everyone was in a festive mood and 

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eager for Colonel Masel and his family 

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to light up the Arnold Christmas tree . 

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Fine . Oh 

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no . The 

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hot chocolate and cookies were too much 

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for some causing the crowd to burst 

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into Christmas carols filling Arnold 

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Air Force Base with the Holiday Spirit . 

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You know what I'm saying ? 

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Cool .