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whereas the Christmas game, in the times of good Queen Bess, lasted for more than a month, a week is all the modern, money-making English can devote to it." Could it be then that this perennial dissatisfaction with present customs and longing for "the old-fashioned Christmas" merely shows the power of this season to evoke nostalgic memories of happy childhood, bygone pleasures, and the joys of Christmases past. . . the exchange of greetings, the singing of carols, the tree, mistletoe, the festive meal, and the outdoor fun? One last dip into the yellowed, crumbling pages of The Youth's Companion gives an even better reason to wish for a simple celebration of Christmas.
"It is right for us to derive all the innocent pleasure possible from the happy season, not forgetting, the while, how solemn and glorious is the event which we thus Joyously, commemorate, with its beautiful lesson of 'Love to our fellow man'."
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