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College collects poet’s Christmas cards

HANOVER, N.H.

For the last 28 years of his life, famed poet Robert Frost teamed up with a boutique printer to send beautifully illustrated booklets featuring a different poem for each year. Dartmouth College, which Frost briefly attended as a student and later returned as a lecturer, has collected more than 500 of the cards, including the first installment, which was sent without Frost’s knowledge.

In 1929, Joseph Blumenthal of the New York-based Spiral Press decided the poem “Christmas Trees” would make an attractive greeting card. With permission from Frost’s publisher, he printed 275 copies, one of which eventually made its way to Frost. The poet liked it so much, he decided to collaborate with Blumenthal on cards starting in 1934.

Film finally unites Crystal and Midler

LOS ANGELES

After nearly 30 years of friendship and shared tastes in movies, music and comedy, Billy Crystal and Bette Midler have finally taken it to the next level: They did a film together.

The two veteran entertainers first met on the comedy circuit but never actually worked together until “Parental Guidance,” in theaters today.

Associated Press