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ow she was sitting under a most beautiful christmas tree ,far larger, and far more prettily decked out, than the one she had seen last christmas eve through the glass doors of the rich merchantamp。39。s house. hundreds of waxtapers lighted up the green branches, and tiny painted figures, such as she had seen in the shopwindows, looked down from the tree upon her. the child stretched out her hands towards them in delight, and in that moment the lights of the match warm quenched。 still, however, the christmas candles burned higher and higher, she beheld them beaming like stars in heaven。 one of them fell, the lights streaming behind it like a long, fiery tail. ”。now some one is dying,”。 said the little girl, sof