... CHRISTMAS CRACKERS. has not heard of Tom Smith's Chri:4•• an mackerel Tom Smith %Pitied making eraekerp and built up prosperous business In them. It ass Turn Smith who pub the e-aek in crackers. many other things, sick as toys and mottoes. ...

... CHRISTMAS KISSINii CUSTOMS. Lineashire factory girls hams a kissing custom all their own. When the Christman holiday is about to commence groups of girls Land themselves together with the intention of kissing all the males in the shed. The own, on being ...

... GOLDEN CHRISTMAS-TREY. The biggest private Christmas-tree ever seen in Britain was one which the Duke of Norfolk had out from own estate and ocaveyed with much trouble to Arundel Coptic. It stood 70ft. high, weighed nearly four toes, and bore on bran ...

... FIRST CHRISTMAS-CARD, In 1844 one Chriatmamoard was entrusted to the Peet Oak*, and from that one have sprung all the various and beautiful specimens that form such an important feature. both socially and commercially. of this of the year. This particular ...

... CHRISTMAS PLUM PUDDINGS. Three Sizes---25., 3s. 6d. & ss. QUALITY UNSURPASSED. Money Refunded to any dissatisfied Customer This particular make is only to be had from us. ...

... W. QUEER CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS. I n many vip a g ea rmrth 4 , f the Tu. r. ernony of humng the thristem. %itch on Christmas Eve is A peat fire is prepared in the and the voting men go oft in se;u , •', ..f witch. Whatever may have •? tAxn in ancient days ...

... CHRISTMAS CHARITIES. No city in the world subscribes so much a. Loudon to Christmas charities. At the lowest estimate, .01,000.000 must be denoted to providing good cheer for her poor, fatherkos, and widows. There acoree of fund. organised be various ...

... prevalent hundreds of years before :unc record of a German Christmas Tree. In Virgil is to be found a description f a Christmas 'free with its hanging tnys and decorations, and in al! probability the Christmas Tree was introduced into Germany hy the Romans. ...

... %T WILL LUCK`( CHRISTMAS TO FIND A BOTTLE_ OF WHIb C Or - rokar,_ ...

... worth Tell. a benttor. A Very Happy Christmas TO ALL Our Customers & Friends IS THE WISH OF JAMES SONS, KILKENNY. . THE KILKENNY MODERATOR AND LEINSTER ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 & 27, 19ID. / it, . , . ...

... around, there is perhaps no better Christmas show being made than by Messrs Rourke k Sons, The Tailors and Outfitters, of High -street. In their ladies' section there are innumerable suggestions for really serviceable Christmas giftsgifts which cannot fail ...

... EARNINGS OF WAITS. Tbe amount collected by Christmas wait, w remarkable. but the record. probably. wa, made a few year, since by the Grimsby Welk's , / Wait,. who earned 6. for the local hospital during the Christmas season. Since their formatioa the Wellew ...