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20656	Irving, Washington	Old Christmas: from the Sketch Book of Washington Irving			.txt	text/plain	19712	933	72	[Illustration: "The old family mansion, partly thrown in deep shadow, [Illustration: OLD CHRISTMAS: Before the remembrance of the good old times, so fast passing, should with now-a-days in its purity, the old English country gentleman; for for so it had certainly been in old times, and the Squire had evidently Simon was called on for a good old Christmas song. Christmas eve but good old English; upon which the young minstrel, and it had been adapted to an old church melody by Master Simon. little study, the pages of old times were to him as the gazettes of the song, at great tables on Christmas day. though the old hall may have resounded in its time with many a scene of The old ceremony of serving up the boar's head on Christmas day is still Maskings or mummeries were favourite sports at Christmas in old times;	./cache/20656.txt	./txt/20656.txt