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Descriptive Of The Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling,
And Festivities Of The Christmas Season.
By Thomas K. Hervey Published By George P. Putnam, & Co New York, Circa 1848.

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Amongst the number of elegant publications which issue from the press, at this festival period of the year,—and are prepared for the express amusement of this particular season, it is matter of some surprise that no one of them should have undertaken to illustrate the festival itself, and give some account of the season which they are so designed to embellish. The number of popular observances by which this time is marked, and the peculiar character of the revels which enliven it—with the fact that their practice is known to almost all, and their full meaning and origin to comparatively few—might, naturally, have suggested to the literary purveyors for the period that a work which should give a full, detailed, and connected history of this festival, its ceremonies and traditions, would form as agreeable a literary gift as could be planned for this epoch of gifts,—and would, besides, have a permanent and useful interest, which should take it out of the class of ephemera, and give it a value, at all seasons. It is under this impression that the present work has been undertaken by its publisher ;—and the editor has availed himself of every source of information which occurred to him, as likely to aid him in rendering it complete. In order to give anything like an entire view of the subject, it was necessary, at times, to go more into antiquarian details than may be approved of by the whilst the wish to preserve a popular tone, induced the editor occasionally to restrict himself in those more elaborate inquiries, into which another class of readers would willingly have followed him. It has, of course, been his object to steer as fair a middle course between these extremes as he could ;—sacrificing nothing that was essential to the full elucidation of the subject,—and not dwelling unnecessarily, after that object was attained, on any of the dryer details, which might have failed to interest the general reader.

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0189.htm Page - 0190.htm Page - 0191.htm Page - 0192.htm Page - 0193.htm Page - 0194.htm Page - 0195.htm Signs of the Season, Domestic Preparations - 0196.htm Mince Pie - 0197.htm Page - 0198.htm Travellers on the Highways - 0199.htm Coming Home from School - 0200.htm Page - 0201.htm Page - 0202.htm Norfolk Coach - 0203.htm Evergreens for Christmas Decoration - 0204.htm Page - 0205.htm Page - 0206.htm Page - 0207.htm Page - 0208.htm Page - 0209.htm	Page - 0210.htm Page - 0211.htm Page - 0212.htm Page - 0213.htm Page - 0214.htm Page - 0215.htm Kissing under the Misletoe - 0216.htm Christmas Minstrelsy - 0217.htm Page - 0218.htm Waits - 0219.htm Page - 0220.htm Carol Singing - 0221.htm Christmas Carols. - 0222.htm Page - 0223.htm Page - 0224.htm Page - 0225.htm Page - 0226.htm Page - 0227.htm Page - 0228.htm Page - 0229.htm Annual Carol Sheets. - 0230.htm London Carol Singers - 0231.htm Bellman. - 0232.htm Page - 0233.htm The Christmas Days. . - 0234.htm St. Thomas's Day, Various Country Customs on this Day - 0235.htm St. Thomas's Day in London - 0236.htm "City Parochial Elections ," - 0237.htm Lumber Troop and other City Associations. - 0238.htm Page - 0239.htm Sports of this Season - 0240.htm Ancient Jugglers, Galantee Show, Card Playing - 0241.htm Ancient Bards and Harpers, Modern Story-telling and Music - 0242.htm - 0243.htm - 0244.htm - 0245.htm "Out-door Sports of the Season," - 0246.htm Page - 0247.htm Theatre and Pantomime - 0248.htm Page - 0249.htm Page - 0250.htm Page - 0251.htm Page - 0252.htm Mummers - 0253.htm Page - 0254.htm Page - 0255.htm Page - 0256.htm Page - 0257.htm Play of St. George - 0258.htm Page - 0259.htm Page - 0260.htm Christmas Eve - 0261.htm London Markets on Christmas Eve - 0262.htm The Yule-clog - 0263.htm Christmas Candles - 0264.htm Wassail Bowl - 0265.htm Page - 0266.htm Page - 0267.htm Omens and Superstitions - 0268.htm Page - 0269.htm Page - 0270.htm Old Christmas Eve - 0271.htm "Midnight Mass," - 0272.htm Christmas Day, Religious Services - 0273.htm Plum-Pudding - 0274.htm "Charities of the Season," - 0275.htm Old English Gentlenran - 0276.htm Page - 0277.htm Page - 0278.htm Ancient Baronial Hall, Bringing in the Boar's Head - 0279.htm Page - 0280.htm Page - 0281.htm Modern Christmas Dinner - 0282.htm St. Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (Origin of the Name) - 0283.htm Page - 0284.htm Christmas Boxes - 0285.htm Page - 0286.htm Christmas Pieces - 0287.htm Hunting the Wren (Isle of Man), Droleens, or Wren Boys (Ireland) - 0288.htm Page - 0289.htm Greek Songs of the Crow and Swallow - 0290.htm Page - 0291.htm New Year's Eve, Scottish Observances - 0292.htm Night of Omens ,Hogmanay - 0293.htm Page - 0294.htm Page - 0295.htm Seeing-in the New Year - 0296.htm Page - 0297.htm Page - 0298.htm Page - 0299.htm Page - 0300.htm Page - 0301.htm Page - 0302.htm Page - 0303.htm Page - 0304.htm Page - 0305.htm New Year's Day, Morning Congratulations, New Year's Gifts - 0306.htm Page - 0307.htm Page - 0308.htm Twelfth Day and Twelfth Night - 0309.htm Observances on the Vigil of the Epiphany - 0310.htm Page - 0311.htm Page - 0312.htm Humors of the Street - 0313.htm Twelfth Night Party, Twelfth Cake - 0314.htm "Drawing for Characters.," - 0315.htm Three Kings of Cologne - 0316.htm Saint Distaff's Day - 0317.htm Rustic Sports - 0318.htm Conclusion - 0319.htm Black Monday - 0320.htm

BOOK OF CHRISTMAS - online book

Descriptive Of The Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, And Festivities Of The Christmas Season. By Thomas K. Hervey Published By George P. Putnam, & Co New York, Circa 1848.

Descriptive Of The Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling,
And Festivities Of The Christmas Season.
By Thomas K. Hervey Published By George P. Putnam, & Co New York, Circa 1848.