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Nothing is as peaceful as when Christmas is over, when one has been forgiven for everything and can be normal again.

Nothing is as peaceful as when Christmas is over, when one has been forgiven for everything and can be normal again.

Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Tove Jansson
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1957 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1914 to 2001; Wikidata Q102071, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102071 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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