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A RECIPE FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: TAKE A CUP OF THOUGHTFULNESS
Last Line: CHRISTMAS EVER KNOWN.
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; NATIVITY, THE;

Take a cup of thoughtfulness,
Take a cup of love,
Take the herbs that cheer and bless,
Drawn from stores above.

Take a pinch or two of pains,
And an ounce of wit,
And of secrecy two grains,
Just to flavor it.

Cook it at the fire of zest,
Seeking not your own:
You will have the merriest
Christmas ever known.



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