New-York tribune., 1876-12-23
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE WELCOME TO CHRISTMAS.

THE WELCOME TO CHRISTMAS.
,,vpey TtmoSGs In THE STREETS AND THE MAR
KETS.
Not in the realm of Saint Nicholas itself is
,bere n more genuine and generous Winter than that
which has taken possession Of HewYork within the past
few DAYS nor has the beauti old saint more rich ana
varied storehouse better adapted to meet the
wants OF the cosmopolitan citizen, than this city, hued
with the fat OF many lands The weather and the stores
have Joined together in crying "An hail" to King
Christmas The beautiful show windows, gitterlng IN
thousand eolors with thousand articles OF use ana
beauty would be incomplete were they not seen
a vail Of falling snow. One-ban OF their h'eiu''
would depart from the crowds that throng tne
streets did they not shrug their shoulders to the ears to
-, t ,he ,n,scbtavouk akes A. smile those sly, un-
oopaperable smiles that tell Of holiday thoughts from
out of wraps snowdrifted The evergreens too, would
Iose much OF their value the contrasting Whlte "ere
lacking to mako their beauty complete and gave
dazzling background their bright eineralds but the
frost and the clouds have been generous and present
Indications promise that nature VIII Join with man in
making the Centennial Christmas model for the next
hundred years
MANY interesting phases of holiday life presented
in the streets OF NewYork, weltOdo hfe appearing on
Broadway and sIxthave; German life finding ITS attrac
tious in Avenue or amid the shops Of Eshthave; the
CHEAP and crowded no Of tho east side appearing on
Grandst east of the Bowery, and market life finding
merry Christmas i'm the happiness OF the inner man. ana
showing itself most prominent In Che vicinity OF WASH
,natop Fulton and Jefferson markets. In the marae's
there Is great store of material for good
Of beef row on row fowls, big and ltle rat ana Ieu
birds of a feather noeking I'm q tempting together NUT
ton and lamb in appetzing shapes and at most rress
bio prices; butter deciously colored in the decepe
oasllcht and cheese which must certainly have Deeh
made of crca eabbagcs that surely delcacies ocneah
,heir erIre crowns of snow beets, turnips, onions,
celery apples nuts and raisins, piled high In generous
abundance The ghost OF little Bob Cratcht wouid nhu
s. pleasant dweingplace amid these treasures OF Ino
markets. his goose and his pum pudding are both heFe
both delieiousy and fat and only needs the GOd
bess them, and all, OF L1nI Ilm 70 % nahe ele %
kets OF Christmas TO seclator golC ~ m 10
sound in the course OF an hours walk among tne naL
kets as well many little scenes pleasantly u"Foeu
GTandst' east of the Bowery is of the most i'm.
porant business streets of tue poorer classes In to
lime this street becomes especially lively ana up 70 p
night snow or sunshine is packed with erowa on puy
ers and sellers From appearances almost agsns If If
that moderate fills the air from every sldc pOdu
of dates tsOmething less than quarter OF pOuSu In
weightl natent hair crimp, dozen OF apps paper
of pins and hundreds Of other articles are selling III TINS
bazaar street OF half dime Men ana women, poS d a
rls oin m the discOrdant cry and evidently DO goou
business In the German quarter toys anu % IT
prominent, and moro direct allegianGe ~ th.
Kringle and his Christmas tree is maliisstea ' d
among other nationalitles- 10 see EgntlaVt. .i, ~
other streets where the Germans do their shopping ~
fher glory requires gaslgh when the people are IN he
sreet as wel As the hucksters aud the DIR over tue
shoulder and goose tucked under the arm tell ho"
Everybody knows how Broadway looks IN holiday
time The great stores whose stocks surpass me TsC % 1
Irregular parcels that refuse 20 tell tne secret o. %
contents; the glad eager looks OF enidTe sno od &
roTn children for tune; the unnistakabie ola paehe
or Who after ALL would like f0rego the new oYefcoa
and buy lot Of Christmas presents ior the e[o s t
Christmas time the comforts Of last yciH eols an
these familiar to the sight at TINS Se;.soo - % l,2 2
there Is a perennial Deyer-iainng pleasure III nAins
the streets and looking upon these again ana asah