Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 138
. There isno northern St. Nick there to stuff the stockings ofgood children with rewards of merit. Why, then,on Christmas eve do you see the little shoes exposedby the windows and doors ? The wise kings of theEast are supposed to be journeying by night toBethlehem, bearing gifts and homage to the… … streperous gabbling. But the headquarters of themarketing during those days are in the Plaza Mayor,where every variety of fruit and provision is sold.There is nothing more striking than those vastheaps of fresh golden oranges, plucked the day be-fore in the groves of Andalusia; nuts from…
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