`` Why , how dreadful ! '' she said brightly . `` I thought all boys and girls looked upon Christmas as the very best time in the year . '' `` We do n't , '' said Frank gloomily . `` It 's just the same old thing year in and year out . We know just exactly what is going to happen . We even know pretty well what presents we are going to get . And Christmas Day itself is always the same . We 'll get up in the morning , and our stockings will be full of things , and half of them we do n't want . Then there 's dinner . It 's always so poky . And all the uncles and aunts come to dinner -- just the same old crowd , every year , and they say just the same things . Aunt Desda always says , ` Why , Frankie , how you have grown ! ' She knows I hate to be called Frankie . And after dinner they 'll sit round and talk the rest of the day , and that 's all . Yes , I call Christmas a nuisance . '' `` There is n't a single bit of fun in it , '' said Ida discontentedly . `` Not a bit ! '' said the twins , both together , as they always said things . `` There 's lots of candy , '' said Darby stoutly .
He rather liked Christmas , although he was ashamed XXXXX say so before Frank .
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