CONTENTS OF BOOK III.

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The Hallowed Time 11
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity 12
The First Roman Christmas 23
The Three Damsels 25
King Olaf's Christmas[A] 29
Halbert and Hob 33
Good King Wenceslas 39
The Wise Men of the East 41
Christmas at Sea 46
"Last Christmas was a Year ago"[B] 50
As It Fell Upon A Day.
A Christmas "Now" 59
Christmas Eve Customs 63
Merry Souls 64
Christmas in the Olden Time 66
Ceremonies for Christmas 68
Bringing in the Boar's Head 69
The Boar's Head Carol 70
To be Eaten with Mustard 71
Christmas-Day in the Morning 72
Praise of Christmas 73
Winter's Delights 78
A Christmas Catch 79
The Epic 80
The Country Life 89
Christmas Omnipresent 90
An Old English Christmas-Tide 94
Signs of Christmas 97
The Mistletoe 99
Christmas of Old 101
A Plea for a Present 112
A New-Year's Gift Sent to Sir Simeon Steward 114
The New-Year's Gift 116
An Invitation to the Revel 117
A Christmas Ditty 120
At the End of the Feast 121
Twelfth Night; or, King and Queen 123
Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve 125
Another Ceremony 126
The Ceremonies for Candlemas Day 127
Another Ceremony 127
Saint Distaff's Day, the Morrow after Twelfth Day 128

FOOTNOTES:

[A] By the courtesy of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

[B] By the courtesy of The Century Company.

[C] By the courtesy of Messrs. Funk & Wagnalls.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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