The New York herald., 1850-12-24

The Approaching Hoiidsys-Christmas Esox-
e., Christnas Greens, and Christmas Din |
ners-Rew Years sports.
The Christmas holidays hero. New Years IL at |
hand. The toy shops and book stores have dressed
their windows with the attractive of their wares
The jewellers display tempting specimens of bouerie
eonfectoners and bakers evidently under the pre-
vaiing influence hardware srchants hang out their
choicest specimens of skates and small slsds while
numerous shopsi in various lines OF trade display 10
their windows bushels of doll babies with dumping
heads and glass eyes, Every thing bespesks the sd-
vent Of sants-Claus and the reign Of bsnsvolenes.
School children have for time been counting the
passing days vpon their fingers ends and the young
to sleep at night to dream Of stuffed
to repetion with whatever their childish fancy covets
Kind hearted msmmas already contrivng Christ
mas Trees" and indulgent pspss musingly mediate
upon the merits Of various kinds Of Christmas boxes,
to be presented In due time to darling children Kind
old ladies laying by in snug corner, bright
gold pieces for ohdren's children who are ia turn
workingat stolen moments, to agreeable
piece Of work, with which to surprise grand mamms
when she shall kiss them and wish them merry
Christmas" tomorrow morning; and kind old gentle
men seem to walk sprightly, and look hear
ty and laugh cheery, they step in at the diff
| ferent m0gasns to make donation. purchases. In
! huenced by the predominant sentiment, even old
Hunks, who usually their pockets sealed are
induced to relax little and treat themselves to the
| luxury OF doing kind action. FlOurishing trade
makes shopkeepers good natured and the stiff polite
ness Of the counter Is exchanged for the cordial
welcome with which they greet their Christmas
patrons. To-day the churches will all be trimmed
with Christmas greens, and this evening will
attract to church thousands who scarcely enter
such place, except on such occasion. Tomorrow
Christmas dinners, with the every and every where
essential roast beef and plumb pudding and the local
essential Of roast turkey other fowl will be par
taken Of by thousands. The kindlest feelings will be
exchanged and thus Christmas will pass to make room
for measures preparatory TO New Year.
All! gay, joyous, frolicksome cOnvivial, happy New
Year when the whole population of Gotham, by
common consent turn out to honor the good old cur
tom of making 1t a joyous day. Who could be glum
on New Years? Who could be churlish on the holi-
day par excellence of the year when even infancy sc-
quires exuberance of joy-wben masters and misses,
bellies and beaux, middle sged men and mstrons,
grey boards and grand dsmss s consent TO be happy
together. The gifts Of Christmas tribes com
pared with those Of New Yesr's-and we really must
have some Saint to emulate good Santa Clause in hi.
purchase Of fame The gifts of New Years are OF all
descTiptns, from penny picture book to a fortune.
Gold watches ana casksts Of jewels quite ordinary
| gifts among the aflluent and of the most yalua-
present from q father to his So much for the
donation feature OF New Years which after all Is but
a secondary matter The grand fssurs Of the day is
the New Years Call when every body in pautsloons
goes calling every body in pettiooats when all fe
maleNew York is at home, and all masculine New ork
calls to see her The cordial greetings of the
the merry meetings Of the afternoon the ovaity the
evening" and the Of the night are mart
and parcel OF the day. and New Years would aot be New
Years without them the clouds but prove proptiou
and give us sufficient SNOW to make good slsighing a
very important item viii be added the means Of en-
joyment, sndwe shs have another carnival scene like
that which we enjoyed on New Years day, 1912 The
merry ingling of millions of tiny bells and the CAV
turn outs with the shouts Of the snow balng urchns
add greatly to the scenes OF festvity and besides
makes harve,t for the omnibus proprietors and
livery keepers. But snow tnow We shall have
our New Years and neighbor calls We shall be msr.
ry, and can only wish all friends happy New Year