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Dec 2019
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Old Christmas, by Washington Irving, Rea...

SHARON HANDY
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Let's return to this holiday-themed book we started last year, and sink into the calming, if laughably classist, vision of a traditional Christmas in merry old England. Happy holidays to one and all!

 

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