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” CHRISTMAS DAY, GIVE OR TAKE A WEEK ” Bev Doolittle – 1983  4581 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Print
19″ x 18.5″ Unframed, mint in original sleeve.

After the giant Sequoias were established as a National Park in 1890, Congress also designated
the “General Grant” tree as the nation’s Christmas tree. How appropriate with the cinnamon-
red bark and the “Christmas” green foliage against a backdrop of “snow-white” snow.

As the “General Grant” tree doesn’t have a very good cave, this one was created from imagination.
This mountain man needs to find shelter, peace and warmth on Christmas day. He has unloaded
his horse, gathered wood, made a fire and has rigged up a makeshift cooking stick for his meal
of local game bird. He has even taken the time to cut down a small tree and decorate it with
his meager possessions – a locket, a pocket watch, an Indian necklace and a mirror.
As his calendar may not be accurate, this is “Christmas Day, Give or Take a Week.”