{"id":49,"date":"2012-12-11T13:28:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T18:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/?p=49"},"modified":"2013-02-20T16:21:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T21:21:37","slug":"happy-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/chapbook\/happy-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Winter!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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DECEMBER now in turn succeeds, And clothes with snow the hills and meads;<\/em>
\n And, with its days dark, cold, and drear, Completes the circle of the year.<\/em>
\n But Christmas now, is near at hand, With all the joys it does command;<\/em>
\n These to the school-boy yield a charm That does his every feeling warm.<\/em>
\n But now, when frosts and snows prevail; Who can resist the orphan\u2019s tale?<\/em>
\n Who then would spurn the friendless poor ? Or drive the widow from the door?<\/em><\/p>\n

DECEMBER is the last month of the year; it is quite as cold and dark as November,<\/em>
\n but it brings with it thoughts of Christmas and the holidays, of the plum-pudding, the wine, and the cake, the happy party, and so many other pleasant things, that we cannot but welcome it once more.<\/em>
\n But amidst all their pleasures, youth should not forget that there are others who have not the means to be so gay or so happy; then will their sports give a pleasure, which otherwise they cannot enjoy.<\/em><\/p>\n

(from The Months And The Seasons; Or, A Picture Of The Year<\/a>, By J. Bishop, in the Children’s Collection)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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