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MAKING THE BEST OF THE HOLIDAYS by JAMES TATE

Poet Analysis

First Line: JUSTINE CALLED ON CHRISTMAS DAY TO SAY SHE
Last Line: Did she say? I asked. 'She said she wasn't my mother,' she said
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; NATIVITY, THE;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Lost_River/FMxK3ipemYoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=tate+%22MAKING+THE+BEST+OF+THE+HOLIDAYS%22&pg=PA11&printsec=frontcover


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