New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-25

purchase Of chesp Christmas toys Il may no. be amJss
to uphold the lavish expenditure of the one and ION.
cole The seeming folly Of the other by aDrdiog Ia I'm
the precedent Ct such high authorities
1t is an Improbable perhaps bot very ena,rossioc
amusement now a days TO eauner along Br5adway
and rspe I the busy tbrorg in quest Of holiday gift.
fathers and mothers AND grandparents brothers an1
sister, uncles, sunts aud cousins friends aud lovers
msbe up the mo ing motley. MUS aud retieuss an
baskets ana pockets TEEN with those so' white papar
bur dies Which formed ct the tease aud delight of
cur chidheOdi even we confess 20 aves'ge Of tbs
old ctsire c see What's in them.
Groups OF chateing children, With glowing cheeks
and expectent eyes, surround the huge shop wndo "a
where the most cruelty tempting wares are displayed
Tsnta'us FASH n-only pane of glass between oil
conceivable toppioess and the itching little bngers
me Of these are 20 'rIy clad and scabti'y ted III
vistfu', longing glancfs they ryet upon the costly
nothiI e. which have made them fI,get o)d and
burger, are painful 10 behold: 30 we turn aside fr
brighter objects No eed OF protrsced ,earch: here,
before the sbop-dots, stand sumptuous carriages;
ard their u istresses, in trailing silks and waving
pumes who ike her Of the fairy tale, ind piece Of
gold in thsi pockets whenever they wish for it, are
pi'ng The back seats with the cost est French and
German Us FIR their psmpered PETS a. home.
There gees the biight-loOkiug, weldiossed mschsn
ice wife, with Christmas tree in her arms folio we'd
BY her el6est son-who, a required assistant in the
Household my sery is admitted to the maternal conf
cence-caryiDg 'arge basket Of paper parcels, gu.
OF which peep the queer devieeq sugar animals cheap
toys, ard paper flowers for its adornment Hurryipg
past US, ius0es the best Of unces out of the cap,
cous pockets Of biz gTea' Goa. protrude whips aud
gups, he inver cd, tiosepsntaletted legs OF an I'm
han GoN 81 r
devir which pops out Of its W co MO tsbly small
box. To say nothing of thu obstacle to rapid Iocomo
ton whi5h this lateral ds'ensnn naturally affor s.
WI en- ore considers how comp eteIy msgic-lanterp,
musical box, horse, and various parcels incspsci-
ia e bis hands and arms for the usual operation of
sc fp'cpeliDg it is wonderful to see the Ingenuity
with which be irsnuetes himself thu ough the dense
crowd.
TIE young husband, who last Christmas lived alone
In objected ''oc eipgs for single gentleman smiles
cheer to himself az he walks on, contrasting tia.
with the snug home to which he ia bound now, and
the pretty loving wife, srd stranger than ALL the soft
wIirked little creature which they pleased to call
his "son and heir" 10 10 useless gewgsws ex-
quisite souvenirs will co.. sst bis Christmas boxes-hs
careful housewife, 10 less than MOTTO, wei filed
purse, has forewarntd him-but in ous: hold pretti
ne ssts till now dened-bght curt aims for the parlor
or curious chair or silver tea. urn; a christening
DO vi or ooias for baby silk dress for the wife, now
teDfo6 6esrer.
We enter fancy shop: a lover stands az the coun
ter, hopeessy surveying host Of elegant bDour dis
played for his selection; he car find nothing suffi
ciently tasteful costly, delcatey suggestive Of
bis alteration for bis dainty mistress Mt thing there
which he considers worthy the aamiring gsnces Of
her eyes cr the touch of her vel,ey iugeis. On the
other hand, ayou' e lady blushipgIy examines col-
lection of articles specified in the advertisement IS
suitable for presents to gentemen;" it liz quite ia
vain that she attempts to put acr ssteTy construc
ton OIL the destination Of her ntsf ded rurchsse-hes
al xious concern her overfssdious distinctions, h,r
embai basement perceired rather than observed, all
show how her "heart" is engaged in it.
But enough-tbe theme is enoess. There is much
of tbe hearty goodwill and affectionc.e remembrance
Of the olden time in this universal gfemaking not
wi,hftsndiIg the merely oeremonous Interchange OF
courtesy into which part OF the custom bss desen-
Grated. We sincerely hope that fashion, for once,
will not asse 1T her sway domain 80 clearly de-
fiji ed as beo1 cling exclusively the dearest affections
ar relations of domestic life.