| Show Christmas at Osborne House I Chicago Itecord What Queen Victoria dearly loves Is I a congratulatory telegram and on Christmas day she personally dictate answers to those that are opened and read to her after breakfast A grace ful telegram excites her admiration and no happily expressed greeting fa I ever thrown away Into a big book those that receive her special favor are Pasted and she Is proud of hr own clear brief nllemhmclng style of answering an-swering or sending good wishes On Christmas morning all of her Tamil Y connections send bywirethe salutations of the day the heads of the government govern-ment do the omo from all parts of the world so that often on hour Is I pent In merely hearing them read In for Christmas dinner there are special friends or the queen residents of th Isle oC WIht Invariably Invited Invit-ed and save for the grot number of servants and the ceremony observed tit In meal differs very slightly from that followed ot any one of thou80nl of such dinners eaten the 25th of December De-cember In the United States The queen com In to dinner always on the arm of her Indian rant and ot the moment for dessert which on Christmas day Is I Invariably a huge plum pudding the children are admitted admit-ted This pudding by the way Is I always al-ways molded for the childrens edition lion In Home strange form usually that of a boar head with cherry eyes white sugar teeth a wreath of holly round the neck an apple In the mouth and spirits burning the great silver plattor Since lime Immemorial on New Years eve the last wine served at the table has been handed the queen In a beautifully carved golden cup by a servant hMldlng on one kilos find when hermajesty has taken a sip the cut is I passed on to the other toasters 11 I drink standing to the queen long life TKid health and n happy New 1 Year and this pretty bit of homase absolutely winds up the royal holldava |
