Closing Narration
| “ | A word to the wise to all the children of the twentieth century, whether their concern be pediatrics or geriatrics, whether they crawl on hands and knees and wear diapers or walk with a cane and comb their beards. There's a wondrous magic to Christmas and there's a special power reserved for little people. In short, there's nothing mightier than the meek. | ” |
The original narration, on December 23, 1960, ended with the words, "and a Merry Christmas, to each and all", but that phrase was deleted in the 1980s after it was deemed politically incorrect. The phrase is now excluded from reruns, VHS releases and the five-DVD set The Twilight Zone: The Definitive Edition. However, the phrase is heard in the Blu-ray release of Season 2 as well as the version streamed by Netflix, but with noticeably different sound quality to the rest of Serling's narration.
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