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Chapter 2
Not Priscilla. Not for parties. Not for wine, flowers, rented tables, or a catered holiday designed to look perfect in photographs.
My name is Sylvia Grant. I’m sixty-eight, and for thirty years, Christmas happened at my house.
I bought the food. I cleaned the rooms. I put out extra towels and made sure there was something on the table for every person who came through my door.
By midnight, I was usually standing at the sink alone.
People remembered the music and the pictures. They remembered the food, too.
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They never seemed to remember who paid for it.
Over time, the family gatherings became less like something I offered and more like something people expected. Thanksgiving. Easter. Birthdays.
