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Show Christmas Cards From Long Ago About a hundred years ago, Christmas card messages were apt to be expressed in rather quaint verse. Here are several reprinted recently in the Illustrated London News. From an elaborate card of the 1880's: Come welcome again The King of Seasons all For Christmas doth reign With hearty good cheer. Success to next year ' Re-echoes from wall to wall. This one is from a card of 1878: Happy Christinas to thee, dearest, Dwelling in thy happy home. And we wish for thee, how fondly, Many long bright years to come. May such friends be thine as ever Seek thy pleasure as their own: And if sorrow must come nigh thee May'st thou never weep alone. And here's another: 'Tis now a bright and jovial tune For friends together meeting But those ivhom fate doth separate Must take a friendly greeting. Then let me hope my missive may Serve as a welcome token Of all the loving ivords I'd say Could'st thou but hear them spoken! |