He was jostled by the holiday shoppers in crowded aisles.

He stood enraptured in front of wonderful show windows, and he had the joy of choosing fifteen things from piles of bright tin trumpets, drums, jumping-jacks, and picture-books.

Joyce chose the presents for the girls.
The tree was bought and set up in a large unused room back of the library, and as soon as each article was in readiness it was carried in and laid on a table beside it.

Jules used to steal in sometimes and look at the tapers, the beautiful colored glass balls, the gilt stars and glittering tinsel, and wonder how the stately cedar would look in all that array of loveliness.

Everything belonging to it seemed sacred, even the unused scraps of bright tarletan and the bits of broken candles.