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Sled and icicle fuel a family's Christmas survival
In a New York Sun style vignette a cold winter shanty tale follows Mrs Finn and her son Mickey. She pawns a shawl to buy a toy sled as Jack Brown helps with gifts while Finns cope with poverty. An icicle on the back stoop, tempering moonlight, falls and reveals the warmth of small acts and luck.
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Diana’s
Woolsey
Lindsley
Mru Finn
Mickey
Finn
Mira Finn
Fide
Mra Finn
Mike
Kattie Ley
Old Molt Road
Pune
Lezen
Aia
Tommin
Jack Brown
Ram Wheeline
Yom
Deshawl
Mr. Finn
Mrs. Finn
Mike Reagan
Biddy
Cooney Island
Finns
Pawenbroker's
Luitch
Mike Finn
Agra
Hy Boy
Alra Finn
Mussia
Faix
New York Sun
Ebbets
Nassau
Bul Nye
Max O'Rell
Yonkers
Ian
Third Avenue
Fiftieth Street
Ix Head Lowel
Union Depot
Bill Nye
New York World
Hungary
Jean Kincaid
Boston
Telem