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I'm a sucker for Christmas time. How about you?

The festive cheer, the lights, the magic in the air.

I love the gift of giving, but can never think of what I want.

It's always so much easier when it's not Christmas.

I also usually associate the festive period with cozy winter nights,

but tonight we're going to enjoy it in a different way on the sunny island of Nevis,

where there's no snow or pine trees, no hats or scarves or woolly socks,

just peace and love and sunshine.

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All right. Now back to Nightfalls.

Catherine lay in bed a few moments longer, reaching her arms above her head and pointing her toes,

stretching out in the shafts of sunlight that crept in through the half-open slats of louver doors. Nevis was at its quietest in the early morning. The nighttime frenzy of

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