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@@@@@"What do the Irish do?" Holly branches on mantels and over doors and windows, said the housekeeperAnd a big candle, usually red, in one window to light the Christ Child's wayWe'll have one in every window, Scarlett declared, but MrsScarlett could have all the candles she wanted on tables-or the floor, if it made her happy-but only one window should have a candleAnd that one could only be lighted on Christmas Eve when the Angelus rangThe housekeeper smiled"The tradition is that the youngest child in the house lights a rush from the coals on the hearth as soon as the Angelus is heard, then lights the candle with the flame from the rushYou might have to help her a bit Scarlett and Cat spent Christmas at Daniel's house There was nearly enough admiration for Cat to satisfy even Scarlett And enough people coming through the open door to keep her mind off the Christmases at Tara in the old days when the family and house servants went out onto the wide porch after breakfast in response to the cry, "Christmas Gift When Gerald O'Hara gave a drink of whiskey and a plug of tobacco to every field hand as he handed him his new coat and new bootsWhen Ellen O'Hara said a brief prayer for each woman and child as she gave them lengths of calico and flannel together with oranges and stick candySometimes Scarlett missed the warm slurrings of black voices and the flashing smiles on black faces almost more than she could bear "I need to go home, Colum," Scarlett said"And aren't you home now, on the land of your people that you made O'Hara land again?" "Oh, Colum, don't be Irish at me! You know what I meanI'm homesick for Southern voices and Southern sunshine and Southern foodI want some corn bread and fried chicken and gritsNobody in Ireland even knows what corn isThat's just a word for any kind of grain to them "I do know, Scarlett, and I'm sorry for the heartache you're feeling Why not go for a visit when good sailing weather comes? You can leave Cat hereFitzpatrick and I will take care of her "Never! I'll never leave Cat There was nothing to be sai