Day 71: The gifts have all been wrapped and the cards mailed, the baking is done, so what's left to do before Christmas? Well, d'uh! It's time to rattle packages, of course! Who can resist those mysterious and beautiful presents beneath the tree? Some are wrapped in paper, others are hidden within exquisite fabrics, a tradition of exchange between three friends who call themselves sisters of the heart. The brocade and print bags circulate among us on Christmas and on birthdays, sometimes returning to the creator with a gift inside or even being taken out of the round-robin for another friend to enjoy. It is a custom which lends a wonderful Dickensian ambience to the season, an old-fashioned warmth which hearks back to candles on the tree and a fire laid on the hearth.
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