... believe. Peter had , been pantaloon at our house for years, And he continued to be engaged for Christmas long after he was past his a work. But a Christmas came when even long and faith- , ful services would no longer balance Peter's infirmity, which ...

... CHRISTMAS WORK & CHRISTMNIAS 2 - WATS. { sca BREAKFASTS FOR THE POOR. A Mhe For several years past a number of influentialI ofgentlemen have formed a committee for the purpose IL List of giving a6 substantial Christmnas breakfast to thie!L ter poorer ...

... le to tile season, ninece-pies, and vishes for 1 a merry Christmas and a happy New-year. It is only in the more primitive parts of the country that the oldien customs romain. 'The Christmas carols whichl were sulig about from door to door, for a week ...

... rf L -1 . aIR IN WL& ITH IE CHOCLE. PRESTON, SATURZDAY, DECE11BEP. 20, j CHRISTMAS. Father Christmas ! That is the name of the grand old personage whom Time once more announces the advent of. In a few days he will be here, and let the welcome given ...

... Sovereign herself. :Howv, under such circumstances, can we wish each other A merry Christmas. It is a sad Christmas, a thoughtful Christmas, but it must not be a despairing Christmas. True, we have had domestic calamity, and we have the prospect of foreign war ...

... said to flower [ once in a century. Of all pretty Christmas legends that of the Glastonbury thorn planted there, Heaven knows why or when, by Joseph of Arimathea, and which blossoms only on Christmas eve, is one of the most mtiggestive. It points to the ...

... set forth something more than. thary on the Christmas-day table, and welcome withl a 'ia-Oextra guest. An English gentloman ' of the olden 'was surrounded by Ihis tenants and neighbours Sy day- on Christmas morning. The strong beer wasibroachbd, ae blac; ...

... 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 ...

... THE CHRONICLE. PRE'STON, SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 1851. . .. - . . . . .. - -- ?? -- -- -- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - CHRISTMAS. I | There was a genial heartedness among the mnil of 11 the dark ages, who first instituted the great festival of Christras ...

... however saintly, for-Christmas. For 1Old anner Father Christmas, with his beard of ice and his crown of snow, with his green holly and his bright mistletoe, with L'.his IYule log and his 1wassail bowl.! IA merry P.Christmas to ye all, may'the ...

... I CHRISTMAS. l Vi iwe'll keep our merry Christmas still.', U pi1 How rapid the passage-how brief the stay! Oia Fathet' Th Chi istma:s has come and gone. The music of village hells 1 and the rare peals of grind old cathedrals, annoanced 9al his approach ...

... CHRISTMAS. ! ., -.1 - . . ., . , I m F (From the Illuminoted Magazine.) Now do the ipells of home revive in their ancient weight, within the breasts of maby and many a household band, long sundered from thb hearths round which they clustered in their ...