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What tradition does smith describe in the excerpt a tree grows in brooklyn

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Every year around the children's neighborhood, There is a tree catching tradition in which the man at tree lot gave away free trees at Christmas Eve. In order to obtain the free trees, the participants have to be able to receive the tree that the man threw at them while remain standing

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Smith describes the tree tradition in the excerpt of "A tree grows in Brooklyn"

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"A Tree Grows In Brooklyn" by Betty Smith tells the story of a town where every Christmas, the man at the tree lot gives free trees at midnight for Christmas eve, there is only one rule to get a free tree, he would throw the tree and the person who wants to have it will try to catch it and keep standing after it.

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