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A Merry Christmas

           "Dasistgut!""DieEngel-kinder!"criedthepoorthingsastheyateandwarmedtheirpurplehandsatthecomfortableblaze.Thegirlshadneverbeencalledangelchildrenbefore,andthoughtitveryagreeable,especiallyJo,whohadbeenconsidereda‘Sancho’eversinceshewasborn.Thatwasaveryhappybreakfast,thoughtheydidn’tgetanyofit.Andwhentheywentaway,leavingcomfortbehind,IthinktherewerenotinallthecityfourmerrierpeoplethanthehungrylittlegirlswhogaveawaytheirbreakfastsandcontentedthemselveswithbreadandmilkonChristmasmorning.

           "That’slovingourneighborbetterthanourselves,andIlikeit,"saidMeg,astheysetouttheirpresentswhiletheirmotherwasupstairscollectingclothesforthepoorHummels.

           Notaverysplendidshow,buttherewasagreatdealoflovedoneupinthefewlittlebundles,andthetallvaseofredroses,whitechrysanthemums,andtrailingvines,whichstoodinthemiddle,gavequiteanelegantairtothetable.

           "She’scoming!Strikeup,Beth!Openthedoor,Amy!ThreecheersforMarmee!"criedJo,prancingaboutwhileMegwenttoconductMothertotheseatofhonor.

           Bethplayedhergayestmarch,Amythrewopenthedoor,andMegenactedescortwithgreatdignity.Mrs.Marchwasbothsurprisedandtouched,andsmiledwithhereyesfullassheexaminedherpresentsandreadthelittlenoteswhichaccompaniedthem.

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