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Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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ROFL! I knew it at soon as you said it was for Wendy, but I still burst out laughing at the first line. <g> You made me wonder along the way - the way you kept saying months instead of years and... forshadowed beautifully. Very believable. And very, very funny.  Dave
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For me?? Oh, Rachel! How sweet! But... um... “Oh, baby, you are so beautiful,” he whispered, looking down at the face beside him on the bed.  Lots of nice WAFFy stuff... hmm, you're beginning to make up for it...  ...but then this: “Baby, I love you so much,” he said softly  And then this! Her eyes softened and once again he was struck by how much their child resembled her mother in that way—eyes that your soul could get lost in. And this child was destined to be great.
This baby was his...theirs...forever. I think you got the recipient wrong here, Rachel. You sure this shouldn't have been a fic for Tank?  Wendy (who, being Irish, always calls today St. Stephen's Day ) PS: what's IHO? 
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This is very nice and sweet, Rachel!  Simona (who, being italian, always calls this day S.Stephen's Day, too! )
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I've never heard this one either, Wendy, but my best guess is In Honour Of... LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Oh St Stephens Day, intersting. I will have to remember that, since I have a husband named Stephen and soon to be son with the same name. Cute fiction. I think the joke must be that Wendy really doesn't go for children or fics about them, so she was tricked into reading one. Anyway cute story. Laura
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This fic was incredibly cute. I read the first line and couldn't help thinking 'that sounds a little off...Clark calling Lois baby?'...but you turned it around and made it an adorable little vignette...good job
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That was soooo sweet! Ahh... 
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LOl! Rachel! Jose 
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Yeah... I guess the joke is on Wendy...
Ann (who, being Swedish, always calls December 26 The Second Day of Christmas, and has often wondered why the non-Irish part of the English-speaking world likes to call it Noble Art of Self Defence Day...)
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'Boxing Day' originates from the tradition that the day after Christmas Day was when servants, tradepeople and the lower classes were given their Christmas 'gifts' from their employers/wealthy customers etc. In the homes of the wealthy, servants had Christmas Day off, but would gather in the servants' hall on the day after to be presented with their gift of money. There are variants of this explanation all over the web, but Snopes has quite a comprehensive discussion of the origins of \'Boxing Day\' . Though in my experience people in Britain never call that day St Stephen's Day - not unless they're Irish emigrants! Wendy
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I apologise to those who were confused! Thank you to all those who read and posted comments. Interesting note about St. Stephen's Day. Did not know this, having never been to Ireland--a fact which I do intend to remedy someday. And I do hope that someday I will also be forgiven for this travesty of a story
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And I do hope that someday I will also be forgiven for this travesty of a story Nothing to forgive. And to prove it don't forget to send it along to the Archive. LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
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This vignette was definitely NOT a travesty! It was warm, funny, and full of life. Who can see a baby and not smile? Even Luthor liked kids...sort of.
And Americans don't celebrate Boxing Day, being that we're (supposedly) a classless society. That's a very English custom. So I had to wrack my mind (and read the feedback) to remember what Boxing Day was.
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Rachel “Oh, baby, you are so beautiful,” he whispered ROTFL!! I thoroughly enjoyed it. Tricia. 
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