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...Dickens gave a dinner for his friends every Christmas Eve, in which
a tired tramp had to stand outside in the snowstorm under the window
and shout every few minutes, "Brr! How cold it is!" -- so that the
people inside enjoyed the warmth and the food even more.

Harry Mulisch  _The Discovery of Heaven_