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Nine A.M., December 25

Sonny wears the broadest grin–
The train he wanted fills his stocking;
And note the trance his sister’s in
With the dolly she is rocking.
Mother beams ecstatically
At her perfumes and filmy frills;
And dad smiles automatically
Out from suspenders, ties–and bills.

by Ray Romine Wednesday, July 19, 1950

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