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Christmas eve was a busy one. Other years the young Cortlandts' tree / had been trimmed for them, but this year the fact that the tree was / intended to give poor children pleasure seemed to alter every one's / attitude toward it.
Beth took it for granted that she and her cousins were to trim the tree / themselves, and it so fell out. Beth was given authority over it, as it / was to be her party, and, after she got over being afraid to decide any / question put to her lest she should decide wrong and spoil the tree, / she enjoyed her dignity just as much as she enjoyed the glittering / ornaments of many sizes, colors and clever designs which had been / ordered in dozens for her tree.