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Benevolent Baubles

hey say the best things come in small packages, and that statement always rang true for Kate Stewart growing up with her family’s favorite Christmas custom. Every year, they saved the last present for her mother—a grand-finale gift and token of appreciation for all she did for them—and that gift, or a clue to it, was found in her miniature “bauble” stocking, hand-stitched, hung on the tree, and given the name for

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