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1937 (To a Young Wretch)

To a Young Wretch

1937

1929 (Christmas Trees)

Christmas Trees

1929

1939

1939

1940 (Our Hold on the Planet)

Our Hold on the Planet

1940

1946 (A Young Birch)

A Young Birch

1946

1955 (Some Science Fiction)

Some Science Fiction

1955

1956

1956

1962 (The Constant Symbol)

The Constant Symbol

1962

Christmas Cards

Joseph Blumenthal wrote his recollection of Frost's first Christmas card in the The Spiral Press Four Decades:

"While the book [Collected Poems, 1930] was in work, it occured to me that his poem 'Christmas Trees' would make a most appropriate holiday greeting booklet for my wife and myself. Frost's publishers gave permission. Through foolish and unpardonable diffidence, I failed to ask Mr. Frost, whom I had not yet met, if he wished copies for himself. Later he chided me for this and charged me with the responsibility of getting back a half dozen booklets for himself and his family..."

It was the beginning of the tradition of the Frost Christmas cards which was to continue until 1962.

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