... CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. Christmas Day was of course observed as a general holiday, and on Monday many of the shops and man'ifac- tories in Iihe town were closed. This is the eleventh time during the present century that Christmas Day has fallen upon Tuesdav ...

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... CHRISTMAS RREMITNUSCENCES: 21L ,SCiGH0LMASTER ABROAD. At this inhospitable season of the year, when days are here at the shortest span, and when falling rain, drifting snow, or unhealthy fogs, induce an extra confinement to the house, the English people ...

... hells on earth shall ring On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day; And all the bells ou earth shall ring On Christmas Day in the morning. The Anglo-Norman festc-chanson we have already quoted is more an incitement to Christmas revelry than it picture of its ...

... CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. e. The great -rnd nepecteai atmospheric change which brok ?? the eve of Christmas gave that - on to the joyous8 festival which so much aided to the Pleasure and. zest with which it is entered into by every class Of society-from ...

... CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. Ones again old hoary-headed Christmas has rolled down the stream of time, aud is a thing of the past. Once again we peer into the dark chaos of futurity, and try to lift the vtil so delicately woven by the hands of Omnipo- tence ...

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... NTHE BEGGARS' CHRISTMAS. This Christmais, says a writer in the Obwvers-, the beggars have neither heart nor funds to make merry L as of yore. They have seen the handwriting on the wall, end their hearts have become as water. On Christmas Eve, Westminster ...

... WORK- evening TAHAT 'to rir totl pr Tjr;eAT ye goed chee (,provided for the inmates total Opr cre.TFhloodvorkheoues l,n Christmas day, wasl Agai ap ofF awe bd e desired, and was heartily en. held at A all ?? OnTe rom, too, were profusely decorated, £Owi ...

... II - CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. l ST. PETER's SUNDAY SCnooLS.-On the afternoon of Christmas. day, about 600 of tho scholars who attend these schools, assembled ill the school-room, and were regaled with buns and oranges. After which, the annual meeting of ...

... the example of our forefathers, by keeping, with hearty and al happiness, the Christmas of old ; and we wish you, good reader, the compliments of the season, A MERRY CHRISTMAS I AIID A HAPPY NEw YEARt I I 0. ...

... Penwortham on Christmas Day. The Rev. W. Briscombe preached ca Christmas Dtiy at North-road Wesley Chapel. Appropriate services were also celebrated at the Roman Catholic Churches on Christmas Day, and there were large congregations. CHRISTMAS DAY AT THE ...