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When Gandalf is saying this, I don't picture him as glaring and talking with a raised voice at Pippin. Instead I picture it as a grandfather calming down a kid who has gotten too excited. Nobody knew better than Gandalf about extraordinary evil Sauron and to take something so light heartily would be cause a reaction from him.
My brothers and I always used to go outside and play war with each other, and not seeing it's horrors we took it very light heartily. My dad on the other hand has seen carnage and the terrible things that can occur, and he would often gently rebuke us for cheering during an old WWII film at bombs and shells exploding.
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I heard the bells on Christmas Day. Their old, familiar carols play. And wild and sweet the words repeatof peace on earth, good-will to men!
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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