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The Rainy night when the thingy caught fire and everything burned

Victoria, Australia, 1995
film

A church is struck by lightning on a dark stormy night. Candlesticks and cups on the altar spring to life as the church catches fire and burns down

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House afire

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A Time for rain

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Rain check on Christmas

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One born every day

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Don't blame lightning

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