Christmastide

[David Casseres]

Thank you for that, one of Our Guy's very best opening sentences.

On 12/25/06, Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>    "Snow-Balls have flown their Arcs, starr'd the
> Sides of Outbuildings, as of Cousins, carried Hats
> away into the brisk Wind off Delaware,-- the Sleds are
> brought in and their Runners carefully dried and
> greased, shoes deposited in the back Hall, a
> stocking'd-foot Descent made upon the great Kitchen,
> in a purposeful Dither since Morning, punctuated by
> the ringing Lids of Boilers and Stewing-Pots, fragrant
> with Pie-Spices, peel'd Fruits, Suet, heated Sugar,--
> the Children, having all upon the Fly, among rhythmic
> slaps of Batter and Spoon, coax'd and stolen what they
> might, proceed, as upon each afternoon all this snowy
> December, to a comfortable Room at the rear of the
> House, years since given over to their carefree
> Assaults...."
>
> --Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, Ch. 1, p. 5
>
> http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/mason/index.html
>
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