... CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR! WHEN the mistletoe graces the lordly halls, and the holly adorns the cottage walls; when trees are leafless and hedges bare; when tf,e north winds blow with biting aur; when the dav is short and the night is long, with the evening spent in mirth and song; when the swallows hlfve fed to a milder land, and the woodcocks fall every hand, before the sportsman murderous gun; ...