The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-01-07
CHRIsTMAS HOLfDAYS IN ENGLAND.

has been conveyed from windsor TO Osborno.
and arrived safely. The Baron Is not an aged
noblemsn or vsletudinarian peer. taken from
one royal residence to another 1t is the Queens
roast beef for Christmas Day which. accord
ing to established custom. must once have been
prize OK on her homo farm. and which pre-
cedes or follows her. A. tho case may DO. In her
yearly fittings. SO a. TO grace her table on the
25th Of December. This baron Of beef. this
ennobled piece OF meat In - much a part OF
the British institutions A. the army and navy.
the Constitution. the Lord Mayors show; and
monarchy without II would feel itself lettering
on the throne. The baron has its retinue. its
court. so TO speak. II IL brought on
the table with . fixed ceremonial. 1t Ia
carved according to etiquette. 1t has tn
DO nanked by tho head OF boar. It has so far
sacrificed to the progress OF time. that It no
longer expects this boar's head 10 be sent
from Germany a. It was in the reign OF George
II. and his immediate Successors. and It con-
scnts to be placed opposite one Of English
descent and manufacture The trilogy Ia COM
pletcd by hugo woodcock pie. may be In some
occult way related to the historic pie Of the
twenty-four bAckbirtis; but. anyhow. her
Majesty would refuse to sit down to her dinner
II she did not SEQ spread out before her the
same immutable. unchanging Christmas fare
These outward signs OF rejoicing are nearly
the only ones by which the festive season 10 in
auRurated; and the example given at Osborne
Is rigidly followed all over tho land.
II Emile lola had inspired himself with
scene OF London streets during the Christmas
holidays instead Of the Halles Centrales" in
Paris. he might have added q few more chap
ters to the Ventre do Paris" and painted more
mountains OF food. avalanches OF vegetables.
carnage Of beast. fish. and fowl. The victual-
ling shops have an aldermAnic. overfed. apo
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tno .ulH.y-.1uen s'an' ~. 10 p',su'' ~ .n
hungry mendicant watching with greedy eyes
the sleek earcasses aud tho rows OF game. then
turn away 70 MUNICH decayed apple or rind
Of cold bacon.
Tho materislism. sslnshness erossness. want
Of real refinement underlying our fine
yeneering burst forth glarinsly at this time.
Christmas is not to u. what it j. to the for
eisner; It 10 not religious festival nor the
sss to Fl Of r sn BY S ,he msmen CRY
many and Italy graceful embloms abound. the
over the mimic stable or - creche u, in the rich
est and ths poorest homes. gay "noes are
sung. the music OF the niunjglt mass meltR at
last in the early chimes Of rlatins. On New
Years day the merry making begins in Frnnce
pre.rnts OF sugar plum. and flowers change
apn 81 IKE N ia numer
lei. h Ss Of oyS sp1 food
exposed. pnraird, unreieved BY any grace or
poetry Christmas means nothing more than
lions for the feast are not carried Oh out OF
sight. but obtruIed, in vast culinary lnbora-
aa to "a aa .1% a m h de-
Note the contents Of railway and parcel do
Of ihee
Of game no. merely the grateful bountics OF
% ae. aud sy ns SEQ them
advertised from nalf a guinea, rising in sizs
and price and variety Of contents TO fifteen
sxtravassnce' without going back Az lar as
the peacpcks' tongues OF Vitellius. and no
n "S Of ecaas vonpu 6" ,asie IN the
lnvithnes. which spends n little fortune on a
bott!e Of i,sehryma Ghristi or dHsky peach in
asI tho Ep y,Sns Of sPnny Ns"G: 70. ii,
fore the mind and gladden. It With their warm
memories; but what possible fascination can
b. .ssrcssd by an over szcd turkey with its
II ANYTHING could rnssibIy be- more objec-
tionabe than the aggressive display Of brute
fpOu. IL WoNiu Da the eplueinlT OF CnrlSlnhS
cards. We have taken tho disease very badly
this year and according TO our wont We have
done to death what might have been u happy
innovation and n graceful custom. Valentines
have been luit. superseded-not only tho DEAR
old original ones Of the sam Weller model with
iselinxs OF the tho skswered hearts above. but
those ornamental valentines on satin, rice
paper and scent packets. Christ mas cards
have utterly dethroned them. and reign SUI
preme in nearly every shop window. irrespec-
tive Of tho trade carried on within. They are
built up in the semblapce Of temples grottoes,
dados, panels. and cornucopias. They win
prizes. They have had exhibitions and awards
varying from $50 to GOO. They wander in
their devices from the seasonuble representa-
ton Of robins snow holly, and festive
greetings to the utterly re m OF and neon nected
SUBJECTS OF nymphs domestic and wild ami
mas flowers. fish, forest gladrs, architecture.
submarine realms midsummer night dreams
and comic business a CAV. motley h-ar. some
times artistic often pretty, always bright.
rarely appropriate and absolutely overpower-
ing TIL. Postmaster General has issued pa
thetic appeals to the public aduring them to
send their cnrds in good time no ns to assist
the postplen in their iierrulcnn laborS. Every
delivery Of letters nj this time is cons iderab'y
dclnysd sometimes for hours. The q p NJ
po stman's knock wakes you up at A. NJ, with
!, last heavy batch. Tho burden is so untitled
10 their Official bucks that they are followed
bv little volunteer assistants pressed into the