Although we just recently published an installment of Treasures of NAASR's Mardigian Library focusing on the first printed Bible in Armenian, we were eager to present just in time for Armenian Christmas a brief “holiday bonus” installment, featuring a single item acquired in 2019: Inchpēs zardarel tōnatsaṙě = Ինչպէս զարդարել տօնածառը (How to decorate the Christmas tree), a 20-page booklet written by “Zaruhi” and published in Tiflis in 1910.
In doing so, we also have the opportunity to honor the memory of an important figure who was part of the rich Armenian cultural legacy of Shushi in Artsakh and in Tiflis (Tbilisi) in Georgia.