rears,' f_e dteposition to make Chrtetnaaa the taueoM of th» Testffals hut become more | geneSt Jtt Tirginta, this disposition has neverJiqnti-euVuny c«Ri*»"**» Th « celebra tion of Christmas te a traditional custom• handed down from the settlement of James town, descending from father to son In every homestead, and embracing men of every re ligious faith. It is generally kept up in some «ort till the commencement of the new year, when the influence of egg-nogg begins to ibate, and turkeys—happily for the commu nity—come down. Let ns hope that its moral effect, ita hope, Its happiness, and charity, will prove, like its evergreens, more lasthig.