23 Stylistic Series Sentence - Epistrophe

My sentences:

I love going to the mall at Christmas; the carols ring like Christmas, the decorations sparkle like Christmas, and the air smells frosted and sweet - just like Christmas.

His passion for all foods fried hailed from the South; the soft lilt of his voice hailed from the South; his love of magnolia scented by humid heat hailed from the South; and his angry and bitter rejection of intolerance, prejudice, bigotry, and racism was a result of his having hailed from the South.

I like the idea of this sentence - but it isn't quite right yet. Hopefully, I'll be able to work more on it one of these days.

Other examples:

"With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech

"The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom."

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have a Dream" speech