The Comic Almanack, Volume 1 / An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humerous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities

by William Makepeace Thackeray; Gilbert Abbott À Beckett; Henry Mayhew; Horace Mayhew; Albert Smith

But Christmas comes but once a year.

My kinsfolks—cousins, nephews, aunts,

All come to dine on Christmas day;

It's been the custom many years

(Which Heaven forbid should fall away):

But scarcely had they all arrived,

When down the snow came, dull and drear—

So deep, not one can get away;

But Christmas comes but once a year.

Of course it's very nice indeed