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But oh , it is clumsier every year . '' `` Is it ? I am only used to country Christmases . '' `` We are usually in London , and play the game with vigour -- carols at the Abbey , clumsy midday meal , clumsy dinner for the maids , followed by Christmas-tree and dancing of poor children , with songs from Helen . The drawing-room does very well for that . We put the tree in the powder-closet , and draw a curtain when the candles are lighted , and with the looking-glass behind it looks quite pretty . I wish we might have a powder-closet in our next house .