And so the season of madness begins again.
I just came across an intriguing new article by Cynthia Green on JSTOR Daily. I learned plenty. It also contains the following zinger:
For some reason, we don’t celebrate Twelfth Night anymore.
In response, I can only paraphrase Bugs Bunny:
She don’t know us very well, do she?
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