writer’s
account of
Christmas
preparation:
“Now
capons and
hens,
besides
turkeys,
geese, and
ducks,
with beef
and mutton
– must all
die – for
in twelve
days a
multitude
of people
will not
be fed
with a
little.
Now plums
and spice,
sugar and
honey,
square it
among pies
and broth.
Now or
never must
music be
in tune,
for the
youth must
dance and
sing to
get them a
heat,
while the
aged sit
by the
fire. The
country
maid
leaves
half her
market,
and must
