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Mary Pines for Her Pines in a Midget Christmas Tree Tale
Mary and Jack Howard settle in the North after leaving the South and face homesickness at Christmas. A neighbor’s hospital visit leads to a quick, clever Christmas tree made from a tin bracket and cedar seedling, adorned with tube roses. Mary runs a small midget tree business, lonely when away from her conifers. The piece also notes the Christmas cracker’s French origins from eighty years ago.
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Ary Minter
Mason- Dixon Line
Jack Howard
Jack
Mary
Milt Spears
City Hospital
Milt
Ann Spears
Howard