Mary Ellen Chase — American Educator born on February 24, 1887, died on July 28, 1973

Mary Ellen Chase was an American educator, teacher, scholar, and author. She is regarded as one of the most important regional literary figures of the early twentieth century... (wikipedia)

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.
Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.