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"No," said Mrs. Hand, speaking wistfully,-"no, we never were in the habit of keeping Christmas at our house. Mother died when we were all young; she would have been the one to keep up with all new ideas, but father and grandmother were old-fashioned folks, and-well, you know how 'twas then, Miss Pendexter: nobody took much notice of the day except to wish you a Merry Christmas."