The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-01-03

| sweet by the approving smiles oil delighted parents
completed the general satisfaction.
| In no part of England is Christmas so splendidly
celebrated as in Yorkshire. The work of preparation
commences for some weeks BEFORE and its sports and
festivities continue during the first month of the new
year. The poor of the parish visit all the neighbor
ing farmers to beg corn, which is nfalliby given to
them, to the measure of pint each. Poor old wo-
men called resSet cup singers go about from house to
house, with wooden doll Enthusiastically dres-
sed, and sometimes adorned with orange rosy
tinged APPLE With this in their hands they chaunt
CAROL invoking blessings upon the masters, mstresses
and little children of the houses where they call AT
ocock on Christmas eve, the bells greet "Old Faith
er Christmas" with merry peal the children pa
rade the Streets with drums trlmpets, bells, kettles,
warmng-pans and shoyes, taken from their respective
cottages. The Ule-candle is lighted. Supper
then served, of which dish is invariably ferne-
ty, from the mansion to the cottage Ce cake, one of
which is always made for each individual in the fami-
y, and other substantial viands, likewise adj
ded The Christmas pie is still regular dish, and
generally consists of goose, sometimes two, 18th
the addition of half dozen other fowls.
Such is the manner of celebrating Christmas in
many parts of England and Scotland. TiDHe, and
room, and the patience of the reader would alike fail,
were we TO attempt description of the Christmas
merry markings upon the continent. There is an APP
propriate custom ut Marseies, which is worthy of
notice and imitation. All the members of the family
residing In the city or town, are collected at the house
of the senior of the family, Christmas eve, where
they sup together, and then repair to solemn mass at
midnight. The next day they again assemble at the
same place, attend the Church services in body and
paitake of Christmas dinner together-a turkey be-
ing, as in England and the United States, an estab-
lished part of the dinner. The evening is concluded
by some appropriate HOLIDAY amusements.
In the days of the New England pilgrims, Christ
mas was not allowed to be celebrated and in Massa-
oh AT laact lfV If
sed for so doing. So far did they carry their
preiudices that mince pie was prohibited article of
food, and the delicious pumpkin pie substitute
that have ultimately been the gamer in the line
of detetcs But while this austerty prevailed at the
east, in the south, particularly Virginia, where the
Episcopal church predominated, the festival was OBJ
served with great display and hilarity and is to this
day considered as the principal holyday, as New
Years day is in New York. Of the several christian
denominations in this country, the Episcopalians,
Methodiss, and Moravians only celebrate it with
igious rites and services but it is almost universally
considered HOLIDAY In the country, the young
men generally devote the day to games and sports,
Sometimes hunting parties made up for the chase
but more generally the practice of turkey shooting"
has prevailed, until within few years, and we know
not but up to this time. An animated account of
this sport is given by Mr. Cooper in the Pioneers
In the evening the young people of both collect
together in their respective neghborhoods and mngle
in the sports and amlsements which we have mention
ed above.
The lasses feat, an clearly neat,
More Draw than when they're fine +;