Forget not Christmas. Henry IV. of England.
At Christmas be merry, and thankful withal,
And feast thy poor neighbors, the great with the small. Tusser.
Those who at Christmas do repine,
And would fain hence despatch him,
May they with old Duke Humphry dine,
Or else may ‘Squire Ketch catch him.’
Poor Robin’s Almanac, 1684.
Without the door let sorrow lie,
And if, for cold, it hap to die,