human
As this is the day before Christmas, he continued,
gpt
I think we will have to go out and see if we can’t find some mistletoe and greens of some kind, and a tree that might serve for a Christmas tree.
human
the children all shouted in a breath.
gpt
Are we going to have a _Christmas tree?_
human
Why, of course, smiled Mrs. Peniman.
gpt
Santa Claus has never failed to visit us yet, has he, Ruthie? And I don’t believe he’ll forget us this year, even if we are away off out here on the prairies.
human
Oh, I’m so glad! I thought maybe we weren’t going to have any Christmas. I’ve been thinking and thinking about it, but I didn’t like to say anything, ’fraid it would make you feel badly.
gpt
We’ll have some kind of a Christmas, my dear, said Mr. Peniman.
human
It may not be the kind of a Christmas that you have always been accustomed to, but we will celebrate the dear day in some way.