My mom tells me about the years that my grandmother kept up their Christmas tree until late January. Sometimes it was because she had a son in the army and wanted to make sure heβd experience the glow, even if his deployment ended after Christmas βand other times the post-Christmas malaise from celebrating with thirteen (!) biological children kept her β¦
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