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Christmas Tales

By Helen Topping Miller

Christmas for Tad
No Tears for Christmas
Christmas at Mount Vernon
Her Christmas at the Hermitage
Christmas with Robert E. Lee

1

Washington: March, 1809

Suddenly, as he climbed the long, curving flight of stairs, he knew that now he was an old man.

Sixty-six last April, and, though his sandy red hair had merely faded instead of turning gray, there were twinges in his knees that reminded him of too many miles in the saddle, in cold rain and sleet, too many hours standing at his writing table, too much tension, not enough rest. But now he could rest.