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I have a handful of nuts and raisins and some apples . '' `` I have peppermints and maple sugar , '' said Emma Jane . `` They had a real Thanksgiving dinner ; the doctor gave them sweet potatoes and cranberries and turnips ; father sent a spare-rib , and Mrs. Cobb a chicken and a jar of mince-meat . '' At half past five one might have looked in at the Simpsons ' windows , and seen the party at its height . Mrs. Simpson had let the kitchen fire die out , and had brought the baby to grace the festal scene . The lamp seemed to be having the party , and receiving the guests . The children had taken the one small table in the house , and it was placed in the far corner of the room to serve as a pedestal .