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Greenbelt Cooperator
Greenbelt, Prince George's County, Maryland
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For the third holiday season in a row, a sugar plum tree decoration on the librarian's desk at the center school delights children, made from a whitened thorn bush with gumdrops and marshmallows, inspired by Eugene Field's poem. Librarians note children's attempts to eat the treats and references to the poem's chocolate cat and gingerbread dog, though not achieved this year, with a marshmallow Santa Claus on top.
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For the third holiday season in a row, a sugar plum tree on the librarian's desk at the center school is delighting the eye. Stated in prosaic terms the tree is a fragment of thorn bush whitened with flour paste and stuck with gumdrops and marshmallows. Actually it is a thing of magic and delight, in a class with the "Nutcracker Suite."
The librarians report that the younger fry take the extremely practical attitude of trying to pluck and eat the dainties. Older children who are familiar with Eugene Field's poem look for the chocolate cat and the gingerbread dog. According to the rhyme, the only way to "fill your apron" with the goodies is to encourage the dog to bark at the cat. Her excitement causes the branches to sway and drop some of their burden.
"We didn't achieve a gingerbread dog this year," says Mrs. Muir, assistant librarian. "And the chocolate cat we carved out of a Hershey bar melted."
Anyhow, there's a marshmallow Santa Claus roosting in the topmost branches to provide the proper Christmas cheer.
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Center School
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Third Holiday Season In A Row
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A sugar plum tree decoration, made from a fragment of thorn bush whitened with flour paste and stuck with gumdrops and marshmallows, is placed on the librarian's desk at the center school for the third holiday season, delighting children and evoking Eugene Field's poem with references to a chocolate cat and gingerbread dog, though not included this year due to melting, topped with a marshmallow Santa Claus.