Christmas in England

I would most courteously invite my reader to put on that genuine holiday spirit, which is tolerant of folly and anxious only for amusement. I had three fine rosy-cheeked school-boys from my fellow passengers inside, full of the box and hell, and manly spirit which I have observed in the children of this country. They were returning home for the holidays and high glee, and promising themselves a world of enjoyment. And according to their talk possessed of more virtues than any steam since the day as a bosephalis. In other joy, they were to give their little sisters by the presents with which their pockets were cramped, with the meeting to which they seemed