| "We've got to decorate the house
for Christmas," she announced to Mrs"What do the Irish do?"
Holly branches on mantels and over doors and windows, said the
housekeeperAnd a big candle, usually red, in one window to light the
Christ Child's wayWe'll have one in every window, Scarlett declared,
but MrsScarlett could have all the
candles she wanted on tables-or the floor, if it made her happy-but
only one window should have a candleAnd that one could only be
lighted on Christmas Eve when the Angelus rangThe housekeeper
smiled"The tradition is that the youngest child in the house lights
a rush from the coals on the hearth as soon as the Angelus is heard,
then lights the candle with the flame from the rushYou might have
to
help her a bit Scarlett and Cat spent Christmas at Daniel's dolce |