Christmas Day, A. D., 1861: By M. J. H. (Bohemian.)
“The day’s high festival is come,
The time of careless mirth,”—
Christmas Eve: By Kentucky. (S. O. S.)
“Christmas is here—time to be glad!
Alas! I seldom am so sad”—
Christmas, 1863: By Henry Timrod, of S. C. (E. V. M.)
“How grace this hallowed day?
Shall hallowed bells from yonder ancient spire”—
Christmas Night of ’62: By W. G. McCabe. S. L. M., Jan., ’63. (B. E.)