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There is nothing that will help you solve the puzzle in this intro paragraph, nor is it actually true. It is just for flavor.

Well, it's just 6 days until Christmas this year, but I must admit that I'm not looking forward to it as much as all of you are. Why is that? Well, last year at about this time people were supposed to be buying Christmas presents, but somehow everyone managed to forget me! I was rather put out by this revelation, as you might imagine, so I created this puzzle to tell everyone how I really felt. Your goal is simple: to answer the question, How did I feel after I didn't get any Christmas presents last year?

Good luck!

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Island greeting to Santa’s scroll: πŸ‘¨$πŸœ”πŸ›‘π‚‚πŸ¬?🌫+#:βŒ‰α€…αŒ…α˜Τ„α•α€…α …ΰ€”Π…Τ˜β†“πŸ“žπŸŽπŸ’πŸ”πŸŽπŸ“žπŸŒ³πŸŽπŸ’πŸŒ³πŸŽπŸ’πŸŽπŸͺΏβ†’πŸ’πŸ’πŸŽπŸ”πŸ’πŸŽπŸŒ³πŸ“žπŸŽπŸͺΏπŸŽπŸ’πŸ’πŸŽπŸ”πŸŒ³βŠžβšnaughty gift:3πŸ‚ 222🌈4🧌::?:1πŸ”₯3🎡5πŸ“XπŸͺ™XπŸ‘΄1Ξ½Xβˆ€4☴ KEYS: 3455165421 12333651 543432312765 661765653

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  • $\begingroup$ "There is nothing that will help you solve the puzzle in this intro paragraph, nor is it actually true. It is just for flavor." So either it's not just for flavor, or there is indeed something in it that will help us (or both). $\endgroup$
    – msh210
    Commented 2 hours ago

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