CHRISTMAS FARE.

A MERRY MUG! though he could not be uglier, he

Has nought about him that betokens Jugg-ler-y.

A GOOSE, even tailors have, who cut it fat,

And use the _goose_ itself to get _a flat_;

And when the cloth is spread, which they have stored,

They _lodge_ it there, a portion of their _board_.

Snap Dragon—Fiery face-ias.

CHINE'S Christmas fare, cries Pat, but, by my sowl,

Sure TURKEY isn't, for it's Christmas fowl.

Eat your pudding hot; but—

Don't burn their mouths,

The little dears while treating,

Though still the proof

Of pudding's in the _heating_.

[Illustration:

A round game at Christmas.

]

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