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  2. FROM ALL SOURCES.

    There is nothing Christian in the Yule log, which has almost become obsolete in these days of steam heat and "gas logs." It belonged to the Saxon feast of Ju[?] ...

    Article : 88 words
  3. INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT XMAS FEATURES.

    OR HOW AUSTRALIA'S LIKE TO ENJOY THEIR XMAS. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  4. THE MISTLETOE BOUGH.

    To the mistletoe bough our heathen ancestors attached the greatest importance. The forest yielded no more sacred emblem. The very oaks on which it grew ...

    Article : 83 words
  5. The Carols.

    Christmas carols were another invention of the early church to offset the joyous license of paganism. Song was an expression of rejoicing among the ...

    Article : 265 words
  6. CHRISTMAS GREENS.

    The Christmas decorations may have originated in the saturnalia or in the old Teutonic practice of banging the interior of dwellings with evergreen ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. His Reasoning.

    "It seems to me, dad," said the young hopeful, "that the proper kind of present for Christmas is a ten dollar bill." "Indeed? And why?" growled the ...

    Article : 42 words
  8. Christmas In the Orient.

    It is a strange but significant fact that the natives of India—Hindoos and Mohammedans—call Christmas the great day of the year, "Burra-din" (literally) ...

    Article : 292 words
  9. A Mind Reader.

    Clairvoyant—Your hard luck will begin on Christmas. "Who told you I was to be married on that day?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
  10. The Attraction.

    He lingered on, quite loath to go; They sat upon the stair. But not beneath the mistletoe; She had that in her hair. ...

    Article : 25 words
  11. Negotiations.

    "I called to see you, sir," remarked the popular young pastor of the Church of the Extended Invocation to the proprietor of a shoe store, "to ascertain what ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. Too Much Plum Pudding.

    "Twas the night after Christmas, And all through the house Not a creature was sleeping, Not even a mouse! ...

    Article : 24 words
  13. He Had [?]

    Walter—Did Uncle Jack see Santa Claus last night? Carolyn—I guess so. They say he saw almost everything one could imagine. ...

    Article : 27 words
  14. Good For the Kid.

    It is plain to see by the large amount Of presents received by the kid That Santa Claus never kept strict account Of half the things that he did. ...

    Article : 35 words
  15. Dead Broke.

    Johnson—Say, but wouldn't Christmas presents drive you to drink? Jones—Drive? Why, bane it, I haven't money enough left to even take a street ...

    Article : 31 words
  16. Narrow Escape.

    If all the world should love us, How full were sorrow's cup! The cash we'd spend at Christmas Would simply break us up. ...

    Article : 26 words
  17. A Mean Insinuation.

    Airtight—I shall give my wife a handsome pair of spectacles for Christmas. Guyer—Why, I didn't know you used glasses. ...

    Article : 28 words
  18. A Christmas Fact.

    The future has a golde[?] tinge; The past, too, may seem pleasant; But just about the Chritsmastide Th[?] nothing like the present ...

    Article : 28 words
  19. The One Exception.

    The days of old may seem more pl[?] For joy was never meant to last; Tet we admit the Christmas Is better than the Christmas past. ...

    Article : 30 words
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