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Letter #5

woods, where we loaded our buggies with branches of holly and evergreen magnolia, bunches of mistletoe, and wreaths of ivy and spanish moss, all to be transformed to household decoration.

Yesterday, you can imagine what a hilarious Christmas we all had, around one board heaped with good things, and when we broached "old Madeira" which Mrs. Fenollosa's grandfather McNeil had received as as special present from his partner in Liverpool about 1820. There is a sherry, too, of 1845. These are special relics which are only [[?]]ed at Christmas feasts. Then think of us with the balmy air at a temperature of 70, so that we sat outdoors