Edward Gorey: Of Fireplaces and Fruitcake

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Gorey's skills as a writer are every bit as remarkable as his artistic talent.

While the fireplace is being decorated, should the fire beneath be lit? Edward Gorey's sleeping Christmas cat has the absurdly difficult name of the king of the Hittite Empire.

Gorey also contemplates what to do with the Christmas fruitcake. The origin of the airborne cake at top right is, it seems, a mystery.

On second thought, the flaming punch seems far more hazardous than the cozy fireplace.

Inside the Suppiluliumas card

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