Charles Burchfield, Journals, December 25, 1910

A Jolly Christmas!

And a bright New Year!

Today is Christmas. But somehow it don’t seem so, for there is no snow, and besides we haven’t given our presents away yet, except a few. This morning, the first thing we did was to decorate the house. Frances had bought some holly and imitation poinsettia flowers; the holly we twined on the ballisters in the stairway in the hall; hung over corners and pictures or pinned on the curtains; the poinsettias we unpacked and twined around the chandeliers – an especially big one, we placed it in a tall glass vase. And – oh yes I almost forgot something else. In the center of the front room chandelier, we placed one branch and in the center of the arch-way we tied another branch of the bewitching and mysterious – mistletoe! We had more fun out of that mistletoe to-day!

Charles Burchfield, December 25. 1910