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HOLLY BERRY
AND MISTLETOE
THE trees are bare, wild flies the snow,
Hearths are glowing, hearts are merry --
High in the air is the Mistletoe,
Over the door is the Holly Berry.
Never have care how the winds may blow,
Never confess the revel grows weary --
Yule is the time of the Mistletoe,
Yule is the time of the Holly Berry.
William Stanley Braithwaite
The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.
Norbet Platt
As early as 1822, the postmaster in Washington, D.C. was worried by the amount of extra mail at Christmas time. His preferred solution to the problem was to limit by law the number of cards a person could send. Even though commercial cards were not available at that time, people were already sending so many home-made cards that sixteen extra postmen had to be hired in the city.
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