... the window, Ah! this is something like Cbristmias ;-our green, damp Christmas ; our foggy Christmas, and our sullen, cloudy Christmas; our wealthy Christmas, and our Christmas of pinching scarcity ;-all had come round so often, that they ...

... CHRISTMAS . A Oldi Father Christmas has once more made his triumphal I appoerance, and the good old customs with whichhe has P been, wonted to be greeted; throughout the whole of his existence have still innumerable adherents of every: sex in I every ...

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... accompani- ments of Christmas. They sait our climate, and the wholesome appetite begotten of hard work and out-door exercise. W'hat wonder, then, if Christmas like other great coming events casts a long shadow before it? Take Christmas out of an Englishman's ...

... of chrysanthemums, Christmas roses, primulas, maidenhair fern, &c. This was thehandiwork of the Misses Kingswell. We would also mention that Mr. Charles Walter Clarke presided at the organ in this church for the last time on Christmas Day, prior to his ...

... Julklapp, or Yule-klapp, which signifies h literally Christmas-box, and in the wrapper t which encloses a Christmas gift. In the e = eastern counties the custom is still prevalent q at Christmas of enclosing gifts in boxes and t et leaving them outside ...

... gw.For a variety of ihtereshtng Foreign and Domes(tc News, see the Supplemnent.; ?? _ CHRISTMAS. WHAT a Voluie lot speaking ?? Xi contained in that one word, 'Christmas For centuries it has epoken to generation after generation, equally he times rude and ...

... been specially re- commended by his predecessor, Dean Stanley. At all the workhouses Christmas dinners were given to the inmates, and in many other places Christmas wvas not forgotten. At Dr. Barnardo's homes in the East-end 1,100 children received increased ...

... were singing as if spring had set in. It was even milder in the country than in London. CHRISTMAS CHErRt.-One poulterer of Spald- ing sent to the Londom Christmas market 1,930 geese, 965 turkeys, 835 ducks, and 200 fowls. One hamper of the geese, 24 in ...

... blaze of the Christmas hearth. The sour F `MrED become sweet, the dull become bright, all things wear g d. healthier and happier hue, England may well be it 9. proud of its Christmas cheer, its Christmas gatherings, tl 6d. its Christmas presents, its ...

... ch~kzn TixB~ brings round Christmas, which,- in his turn, brings but few signs of Peace and Goodwill. It iS Only too easy to write of Christmas this year in accents of pesshmisfr. But ?? is a 1 cheap commodity, and well characterised by the Ettrick Shepherd ...

... aged poor, your enp Christmas treats in Workhoouses., and your less cone ostentatious butnotlessvaluableprivategifts, each This one in his own district, and among his own and people. We are glad to know that this custom gran of Christmas charity in Portsmouth ...