... CHRISTMAS. es holi cheerful robe of spring. thle ombroidered [ttunic of suinier, the vinc-staincd apparel ci1 LIfruitful auturmn, have disappeared !It is Winter' I-_deep Winter !--and decay. Hush !-.,what EL L ;thrill trembles up)on thle startled enthusiast ...

... theirh 6mes, unt~il the Christmas.. rejoiriugs. are iall over,- and- we. have seen thb dawn of another year Parent' ;like.'Christnas W'in oh as'children do - they; : 'cannothelp lking it; they; have, hmany of them'n, sesn' mo~re :Christma Dajs'tb'au they will ...

... Princesses in dazzling wii Io a wondrous blaze of lig Children’s where Knows vo end when once Childish Dainty dances—over done Christmas trees all hung © Nuts aod oran.es untold : Fond caresses, Weil combed tresses, Thin white dresses - death ...

... CHRISTMAS. All Hail! sweet Christmas Holidays, Fountain of many a fairy hope. -Wayside Musings. Once more the changing seasons have revolved round, and we are upon the very threshold of another Merrie Christmas. The Old Year, With its joys and sorrows ...

... SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2l1t, 1889. CHRISTMAS! _ CHRISTMAS, the season of joy and gladness, ; of family reunions and happy gatherings of long-severed friends, is with us once more, shedding abroad its genial and bumanising in- f, lluence. There are,-says ...

... CHRISTMAS. passer (By Mrs. C. L. Balfour in the Ladies' Newvspaper.) rned I Christmas is here again. Old Christmas merry Mfr Christmas : homely Christmas. Old, bat with the gift Ch1 of perpetual youth. Merry, but often changing the actua ...

... and street, When Christmas with his holly green Peeps fiorth orom his retreat; And even sach, tho' pinch'd by want, Can greet with smiles of joy, As if their howes of nought were scant, Their mnirth without alloy. But should not Christmas come for all 7 ...

... believe is, at the bottom of our undying rlove of Christmas, and of everything appertaining )to tile holy timer. It is a sentiment, too, as wvelI r as a princille. In thlu common and popular sense, Christmas is .1 looked forward to as a t'me of mirth and ...

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... CHRISTMAS. Xo All Hail! sweet Christmas Holidays, Le Fountain of many a fairy hope. 'i -WTayside J1ta ings. t Once more the changing seasons have revolved a round, and we are upon the very threshold of e another Merrie Christmas. The Old Year, e with ...