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...domestic scenes of modern times ;' nut we select for our •pecimeu, the bard's recollection of Christmas. And well our Christian sires of old * Loved, when the year its course had rolled, And brOiiglifWtthe Cbrisimass back again, "ith all his hospitable train. Domestic and religious...

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...generous simplicity of the past, tinged with the beautiful illusions of the present. ANCIENT CHRISTMAS. And well our christian sires of old Loved, when the year its course had rolled, And brought blithe Christmas back again, With all its hospitable train. Domestic and religious...