Saturday, December 23:
To town in connection with Christmas; arrival of our nephew. In the evening punch and decorating the tree. (Fidi splendid; “approving.”)
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of December 23, 1871
Overview
Christmas errands in town prepare the household for celebration, and a nephew arrives to join them. The evening is spent with punch and decorating the tree. Fidi's splendid approving presence gives the brief entry its warm domestic center.