... direction to the Christmas sentiment. At present their is no such sentiment ; at least, there is none to be traced in the Christmas publications. Taken as a whole, these are but ordinary stuff. No great writer n )w uses the Christmas cnn ial as a vehicle ...

... C CHRISTMAS. Eagland was merry England when Old Christmas brvught his sporta again, 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale, 'Towas Christmas told the merriest tale A Christmas gambol oft would cheer A poor maa's hlur5 through half the ...

... aged sit by the fire. The coun- try-matd leaves half hermarket, and must be sent again if she forgets a pack of cards on Christmas Eve. Great is the con- tention~ot holly and ivy, whether master or dame wears the breeches; and if the cook do not lack wit ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... sceptics about Christmas that it was all an illusion reborn of DIcKENs; that DIcoExS had, by the glamour of his oppressively-genial pen, started a new legend of Christmas; and that when we fancied we wore doing sincere homage to Christmas we were in reality ...

... greatest iiodes of enijoyenieit, conies iti at Christmas. A uman who at olditsary times is half afru il to eat a lean cbop and a bit of dry toast, Ist it Fhoild noS digest, thinks it incunbent upon hiut at Christmas to eat goose and ttirkey. ?? beef, and, wvorse ...

... triumphs or defeats in the north. We see too t] much to enjoy Christmas to the full as a c] seaon of exceptional enjoyment-that is all. h it is no longer Christmas or nothing-the O( Christmas that comes but . once a year. is The art of arts would be to ...

... CHRISTMAS. . The Literary Pocket-Book for 1S2q contch5 descrip- tions of all the Holidays now kept in England during tbe year. The following is the account ofChristmas:- The Holidays at this season of the year are in COII3 memoration of the birth of Christ ...

... of the finest Ii e of qtnlity. l of | ?? quite a vealth of ingenuity niust have :3 boll eixpendled iln honour of Father ChristmaS, it s-nad diffict to please, indeed. maust be thre boys t e al or girls who Cennot findi sometehing to their I by fiscy in ...

... i'11htls fog and of all The fogs before it during this 211ost dreary wecek, waa tILS ?? (AOc0riy v'eck, was Where to ind Christmas JIt was found nevertheless, and it will be found ogain to-lay, -we feel sure, in greater measure, ill tenthousand happy homes ...