Old Christmas Recalled - online book

Washington Irving's description of Old Christmas, Illustrated

Share page

	152                     THE CHRISTMAS DINNER
	the Covenanters. From under this his nose curved boldly forth, flushed with a frost-bitten bloom, that seemed the very trophy of a December blast. He was accompanied by the blue-eyed romp, dished up as " Dame Mince-Pie," in the venerable magnificence of faded brocade, long stomacher, peaked hat, and h igh -heeled shoes. The young officer ap­peared as Robin Hood, in a sport­ing dress of Ken­dal green, and a foraging cap, with a gold tassel. The costume, to be sure, did not bear testi-