The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-12-25

Christmas at the Churches.
Christmas Ere Was generally ob-
served at the churches Oh -s.ursiay
evening. During the afternoon the
streets presented lively and sn.fuatei
appearance. Crowds wefe thy0uG.ng
IN every direction. aud the iadies Of the
city especially. appeared t. have turned
out "a ysas~. censering around
the various depots Of holiday good.
AMI driving quite lively trade A
evening approached, the merry throf z
Of purchasers abandoned the bushes.
portion Il town, and left i, ii It's norrnal
condition. The churches then beca n,s
the centre Of attraction II
THE oosoagoArioxAL CHURCH
A very pleasant time was enjoyed b.
the members Of the Sunday school aud
society. The church was quite crowded
and thc entire number present mani
tested keen appreciation # the .i.t~T-
sainmetts oi the evening. which u~re.
PR haps, rellc~fs.i rather more gt-
,rao.iye from the fact that they - cre
something 81 an innovation III the U.s.
ual routine Cf similar oteergances. The
platform was cleared Of .ts usual
membranes. and III the ceutcr a
unique AMI pretty miniature hous-. as
erected. consisting II frame tasteful y
covered with evergfechs AID IA he o,'ri.sr
OF the Eoof was particularly conspIcu-
Gus isrge chimney of the old lash
ipned order ASIDE from thi4 the plat
form was a.tractiyoly decorated with
cvergreens aud Strings Il pop con
This portion OF the church wa Apply
dcnoniinatedl Fairy Land. After the
audience were all assem- bIed Mr. DR..
Weed chose committee # three younc
ladies'. who wcF. dcp'ltized 10 yi-.t
FAIRY Land and ascertain what Santa
Claus had for the school | tnn their
arrival nj destination. a sstltat'e Sii..s
Claus made his appearance, from the
top of the chimney with trumpet.
and a"Fairy Qneen' aud Two Dwarf"
also came out Of the dotncllc. great,
to the deligat Of the little folks. who
were all agos with glec. 4 large mum
her of presents we're distributed. and he
whole affair proved most successful. AZ
lib 81. J.. CUCgcu
A large crowd as.cn. bled, including the
members Of the Sunday School and s.
cie,y. The church was very iastelully
and handsomely decorated with ever
gree n. etc, appropriate TO the occasion
There were two trees hung full of pres
enss OF every variety, presenting Il taste
ful appearance Directly over he altar
was an inscription III large leitters
which read, Merry Christmas To All"
Between the two trees was beautifully
illuminated star. the face os which
bore several Inscriptions from the bible.
Several pieces were sung by the Sun
day School, followed by recttaiionS and
duets. and finally the distribution of
prizes was commenced. A nnlt,du.,e
of bright faces and sparkling eyes we're
tixed with restless expectation upon the
collection OF gitts. aud one little one
after another was made the happy re-
cipient of Christmas present Every
one present seemed 10 eutcr with hearty
appreciation into The pleasures Of the
evening and tho whole affair proved Il
fine success and was mast enjoyable At
THE BAPTIST curRcu
4 most pleasant time Was enjoyed by i
large number Of young people. The
pews in the center Of the building were
a1 - 3 h.. 4
thing was put III order for "A grand So
cial time which proved t. be exceed
ingly pleasant tecitations. songs by
the school. etc. were among the order
Of things. By request. a solo was given
by Mrs. baldwin. of Olympia Then
the whole company engaged IN games
and other social amuse,nents. The
house fairly rang with merr,ment until
late hour. and the whole affair was
managed in the most excellent man
ner. Finally u bountlful collation. was
served consulting of rich cakes. fruits
aud candies. etc After deal Of pleas
TIRE and enjoyment the clock gave no
tice Of the near approach of the wee
s,na' hours and the happy company
troke up ~ retire and dream over the
p pleasures of the evening. ~
Tug BROWN CHURCH
A season of pleasure aud festivl,y
WAS participated N by = large assem-
blage. included. of coarse all the bright
eyed Sunday school shildrcu aud their
teachers. and also host OF Others
Thee trees were hung full 81. choice
Christmas gifts. and the church. was
ns.cfuily AMI beautifully decorated
with evergreens, wove into wrcaths
aud garlsnds. Music Was dlscoarscd aud
songs by the school aLd Rotations
were among the exercises preliminary
To the distribution of prizes The
firs' was very interesting and the lat
ter was of especial interest - the ll,-
tie folks who were ali impatient for
their turn a. come. and expressed the
greatest degree of pleasure when the
long.looked for Christmas gin came
into their possession A brief speech
hy Prof, Whi.worth Was also included
IN the programme Of the evening. It
was pertinent In the occasion aud we'll
received. All things considered Christ
mas Eve was very pleasant season IN
Seattle aud generally enjoyed hy all.