... CHRISTMAS. Christmas is coming,” says the merchant, I must make up bills and make out bills ; I shall be put to trouble and I shall put others to inconvenience.” “Christm»s is coming,*’ says the landlord, ii and the lawyer will look for his mortgage money ...

... CHRISTMAS. The holly ia unusually beautiful this year ; its berries are very red, its leaves a deep rich green. Of the mistletoe we have no authentic report, nor can we , stcte the abundance of its mystic berries. The fruit” of commerce is abundant, and ...

... Hurrah ! for old Christmas —deny him who can Ah. Ah ! then welcome him. every one— All that are friends real frolic and fun ; Welcome him rich ones, throw open your doors. Your hands and your hearts, your abundant stores; Hid Christmas be welcome with ...

... CHRISTMAS. OM, Wi»f»»lc Cl.lion «. l>T lir -' longer %r(ar» aib of erer^-ern, ihou'K ill—the time be> been ».|th rcf-all it) when l*«e *»cn Dtc«ii»i ...

... numbered during its course. Yes ! Christmas a merry lime ! • * But it was not always thus. Grave and solemn with the consciousness of their mighty task, were the spirits of those who celebrated the earliest festival of Christmas. Around them was world Irom ...

... CHRISTMAS. At period when gaiety and amusement are sought, it may not be unacceptable to our readers to present them with a quantity suitable reading. News—news is what they have all the year round. We now devote a considerable spare to what may be esteemed ...

... CHRISTMAS. In the nataral order of things one day passes away and ano- ther follows, aud so on in regular suvcession Each indi- vidual day, hour, minate, has its own peculiar features, If the events of one day were found to agree precisely with those ...

... CHRISTMAS, As the feast of the Passover was a type of the crucifixion, and the feast of Pentecost of the outponring of the Spirit, so the feast of tabernacles seems to have typified the birth of Christ, or the incarnation. John apj»arently refers to this ...

... custom of ornamenting churches and houses with evergreens ul Christmas, is still pretty generally observed. The now almost obsolete custom of making presents this season, under the title of Christmas Boxes arose from the custom of a box devoted to every ship ...

... CHRISTMAS BENEVOLENEE. The wealthy and benevolent have, in accordance with annual custom at this season the year, made the widow's heart rejoice the distribution food aid clothing. There are few districts in which charity is more extensively and less ...

... WANTED AT CHRISTMAS, A RESIDENT CURATE (or the parish Old Romney. Salary jt'7s single duty. The Church of an adjoining parish may lie served by the same person, the united salaries amounting to One Hundred und Twenty Rounds per Annum, exclusive the surplice ...

... in cottage and in ball; And when we hail thy coming joy on every brow trace. Old Christmas, jolly Christmas, with thy gay and jocund face. Old Christmas, sober Christmas, .there is many a vacant seat Around thy piled and crackling hearth where friends ...