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writer’s

account of

Christmas

preparation:

“Now

capons and

hens,

besides

turkeys,

geese, and

ducks,

with beef

and mutton

– must all

die – for

in twelve

days a

multitude

of people

will not

be fed

with a

little.

Now plums

and spice,

sugar and

honey,

square it

among pies

and broth.

Now or

never must

music be

in tune,

for the

youth must

dance and

sing to

get them a

heat,

while the

aged sit

by the

fire. The

country

maid

leaves

half her

market,

and must