Nikki Perry & Kirsty Roby
1st edition, 2024 Edited by Eva Chan
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For the Grinches and the Christmas lovers alike.
They err who thinks Santa Claus comes down the chimney; he really enters through the heart.
Paul M Ell
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Mary and Bright
CHAPTER 1
Mistletoe (Viscum album) is from the Anglo-Saxon word misteltān, which means ‘little dung twig‘ because the plant spreads through bird droppings.