1
00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:06,599
Speaker 1: Christmas Games for everybody. Bugiya Savareen, the great gastronomist, said

2
00:00:06,599 --> 00:00:09,359
that to invite a person to your house is to

3
00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:12,359
take charge of his happiness while under your roof. We

4
00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:15,679
will invite our friends this Christmas time. We will take

5
00:00:15,759 --> 00:00:18,280
charge of their happiness for a while, and as we

6
00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:21,280
feel that the responsibility is a grave one, and that

7
00:00:21,359 --> 00:00:23,640
we should be very sorry if they fail to enjoy

8
00:00:23,679 --> 00:00:27,320
themselves whilst under our care, we will lay our plans

9
00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:31,079
for their gratification. Beforehand, we will store our memories with

10
00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:35,119
a catalog of games and Christmas diversions, and surely we

11
00:00:35,119 --> 00:00:37,640
shall be able to think of something that will suit

12
00:00:37,679 --> 00:00:40,520
the fancy of one and all. There are some games

13
00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:44,679
that seem to belong peculiarly to Christmas, and foremost among

14
00:00:44,759 --> 00:00:48,560
these is the game of snap Dragon. Here he comes

15
00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,679
with flaming bowl. Don't he mean to take his toll?

16
00:00:52,039 --> 00:00:55,759
Snip snap Dragon. Take care you don't take too much.

17
00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:00,280
Be not greedy in your clutch. Snip snap Dragon. With

18
00:01:00,359 --> 00:01:03,479
his blue and lapping tongue, many of you will be stung.

19
00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,719
Snip snap Dragon. Four. He snaps at all that comes,

20
00:01:07,799 --> 00:01:12,400
snatching at his feast of plums. Snip snap Dragon. When

21
00:01:12,439 --> 00:01:15,760
this pastime is decided upon, a number of raisins are

22
00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,239
put into a large, broad shallow bowl, and a little

23
00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,560
brandy or other spirit is poured over the fruit. The

24
00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,159
lights in the room are then extinguished. The spirit is ignited,

25
00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:29,640
and the bystanders in turns plunge their hands through the

26
00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,560
flames and endeavor to obtain possession of the fruit. This,

27
00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:37,159
of course, is not easily done. It requires both nerve

28
00:01:37,239 --> 00:01:41,000
and agility, and the unavailing attempts of the company cause

29
00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,280
a good deal of fun. Added to this, the burning

30
00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:47,920
spirit gives a lurid glare which lights up the eager, faces,

31
00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,120
up the guests, and has quite a weird like effect.

32
00:01:52,239 --> 00:01:55,439
This game has been played at Christmas from time immemorial.

33
00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:59,000
It is declared to have been invented by Hercules, who,

34
00:01:59,239 --> 00:02:02,359
when he had it slain the flaming Dragon of Hesperia,

35
00:02:02,799 --> 00:02:06,120
made a fiery dish of the apples grown in the orchard,

36
00:02:06,439 --> 00:02:10,240
which dish he named snap Dragon. In the western counties

37
00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,479
of England, it is played under a varied form and

38
00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,240
known under a slightly different name that a flap dragon.

39
00:02:17,879 --> 00:02:20,199
In this game, a lighted candle is put into a

40
00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,360
can of ale or cider, and attempts are made to

41
00:02:23,439 --> 00:02:26,960
drink the liquor while the candle is still burning. This

42
00:02:27,039 --> 00:02:30,319
is not done without the face being either blackened or

43
00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:34,120
slightly burnt. Some games which are rather boisterous in their

44
00:02:34,199 --> 00:02:38,719
character are known to everyone and need no description. Amongst

45
00:02:38,719 --> 00:02:42,840
these are blind Man's Buff, Puss in the Corner, Trencher,

46
00:02:43,319 --> 00:02:48,520
blind Postman, Hunt the Slipper, and the elements Air, earth, fire,

47
00:02:48,599 --> 00:02:52,439
and Water. Proverbs Too is a capitol old game. When

48
00:02:52,479 --> 00:02:56,280
it is played, one member of the company leaves the

49
00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,439
room and the rest fix upon a well known proverb.

50
00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:04,400
The banished guest returns and asks each person a question, who,

51
00:03:04,439 --> 00:03:06,599
in reply, is bound to bring in one word of

52
00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,639
the proverb in its proper order, and the questioner tries

53
00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,960
to find out from these answers what the proverb is.

54
00:03:14,479 --> 00:03:18,159
A very amusing variety of this game is called Shooting proverbs.

55
00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,680
The guests to each appropriate one word of the proverb

56
00:03:21,759 --> 00:03:24,560
as before. The one who is trying to guess the

57
00:03:24,599 --> 00:03:28,039
proverb comes in, steps into the middle of the room

58
00:03:28,439 --> 00:03:33,000
and calls out in a commanding voice, make ready present fire.

59
00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:36,400
At the word fire, all the companies shout their own

60
00:03:36,439 --> 00:03:39,280
words at once and the proverb is to be guessed

61
00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:43,319
from the sound, which is a very confusing one. Perhaps

62
00:03:43,319 --> 00:03:46,240
there is no game which gives greater amusement both to

63
00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,599
young folks and old ones than the game of characters,

64
00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:55,080
sometimes called twenty questions and sometimes nouns. In this, one

65
00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,719
of the company thinks of some one particular person or thing,

66
00:03:59,159 --> 00:04:02,120
and the other's plot him with questions and endeavor to

67
00:04:02,159 --> 00:04:05,560
find out his secret from the answers. It is astonishing

68
00:04:05,599 --> 00:04:08,719
how judicious questioning can draw the most out of the

69
00:04:08,759 --> 00:04:11,879
way object out of mystery into the light of day.

70
00:04:12,439 --> 00:04:16,360
Sometimes the company divide themselves into two parties, each of

71
00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:19,519
which sends out one of their number, and on his return,

72
00:04:19,639 --> 00:04:23,279
questions him separately and endeavors to find out his secret

73
00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:27,079
before the other site can do so. Each candidate must

74
00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:30,680
be questioned by the opposite side, and the party which

75
00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:35,319
first guesses rightly takes possession of both candidates. That side

76
00:04:35,399 --> 00:04:38,199
is considered to have won the game which draws over

77
00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:41,319
the largest number of members. When played in this way,

78
00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,800
the game is often called clumps. Trades is a very

79
00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,879
amusing game. In this each person chooses a certain trade,

80
00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:52,360
and one member of the company, who is named by

81
00:04:52,399 --> 00:04:55,319
the rest makes up a story, in the course of

82
00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:59,399
which he introduces an account of his shopping excursions, and

83
00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:03,560
calls how pazard upon the representatives of each business to

84
00:05:03,639 --> 00:05:07,240
name some noun which belongs to his trade. Thus, a

85
00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:10,519
butcher is to name a certain joint of meat, a grocer,

86
00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,959
some article a grocery, and so on. No item is

87
00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,600
to be mentioned twice, and if there is any attempt

88
00:05:16,639 --> 00:05:19,680
to do so, or if there is any hesitation in

89
00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,519
naming something suitable, a forfeit must be paid. When the

90
00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,120
story is well told, a good deal of fun may

91
00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,639
be got out of this game. Dumb crambo is another

92
00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,160
good game. When playing it, half the party leave the room,

93
00:05:34,439 --> 00:05:37,399
and those who remain choose a verb which the others

94
00:05:37,399 --> 00:05:40,360
are to guess. When the absent ones return, they are

95
00:05:40,399 --> 00:05:43,079
told of a word which will rhyme with the word

96
00:05:43,160 --> 00:05:46,639
fixed upon, and they then consult together to find out

97
00:05:46,639 --> 00:05:50,639
what it is. Instead of speaking their guests, they act it.

98
00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:54,439
If they guess rightly, they are applauded. If they fail,

99
00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:59,360
they are hissed. A word spoken on either side, accepting

100
00:05:59,399 --> 00:06:03,319
by the act for the purpose of private consultation entails

101
00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,839
a forfeit. A very old but a very amusing game

102
00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,759
is Simon. Simon is chosen from the company. He and

103
00:06:10,839 --> 00:06:13,839
the rest of the players seat themselves in a circle

104
00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:19,079
around the fire, and Simon gives his command. If he

105
00:06:19,199 --> 00:06:22,839
prefaces them by the word Simon says, they are to

106
00:06:22,839 --> 00:06:26,879
be obeyed, however ridiculous they may be. If these important

107
00:06:26,879 --> 00:06:29,720
words are omitted, the commands are not to be obeyed,

108
00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:33,120
and anyone who acts upon them must withdraw from the contest.

109
00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,600
When Simon is clever and quick of speech, this game

110
00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,360
makes great fun and it is very absurd to see

111
00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,519
a large company imitating his movements. Simon says thumbs up,

112
00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:48,079
Simon says thumbs down. Simon says, touch your hair. Simon says,

113
00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,839
touch your boots. Simon says, stop touching your boots. Touch

114
00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:56,879
your boots again. Someone is sure to be caught. Shadow

115
00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,800
Buff is a pretty variety of blind Man's Buff, and

116
00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:02,879
it is a safe, quiet and pretty game for young people.

117
00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,480
If there is a white curtain in the room, it

118
00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,480
should be fastened down to make a smooth surface. If

119
00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,040
there is no curtain, a sheet or tablecloth will be required.

120
00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,839
The one who is to be blind man seats himself

121
00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,240
before the curtain with his back to his companions and

122
00:07:18,279 --> 00:07:21,399
to the light. The rest pass behind him, so that

123
00:07:21,439 --> 00:07:24,759
their shadows may be thrown upon the white surface, and

124
00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,480
the one whom he names from the shadow is to

125
00:07:27,519 --> 00:07:30,439
take the place of blind man. The players are allowed

126
00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,920
to dress themselves up and disguise themselves in any way

127
00:07:33,959 --> 00:07:37,160
they like. Very confusing shadows may be made with a

128
00:07:37,199 --> 00:07:40,879
little ingenuity. The hair may be let down or fastened

129
00:07:40,959 --> 00:07:43,360
up in a style different to that in which it

130
00:07:43,439 --> 00:07:46,839
is usually worn. Or the player may wrap himself in

131
00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,079
a sheet and spread his arms wide under it, thus

132
00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:53,079
making a shadow like a bat. Or the finger may

133
00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,839
be held over the nose to hide its shape. If

134
00:07:55,879 --> 00:07:58,560
the blind man looks round at the actors, he must

135
00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:02,240
pay a forfeit for the off. Thence Schoolmaster may be

136
00:08:02,279 --> 00:08:05,680
pronounced a prosaic sort of game, But it is astonishing

137
00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,160
how much amusement it is capable of affording. The players

138
00:08:09,199 --> 00:08:12,079
seat themselves in a circle, and one of their number

139
00:08:12,199 --> 00:08:16,839
the Schoolmaster places himself before them. Pointing to the first one,

140
00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,199
he says, tell me the name of a town, beginning

141
00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:22,920
with such and such a letter, at the same time

142
00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,399
fixing upon a particular town in his own mind. Before

143
00:08:27,439 --> 00:08:31,160
the schoolmaster has time to count ten in an audible whisper.

144
00:08:31,519 --> 00:08:34,279
The scholar can name a town beginning with that letter,

145
00:08:34,639 --> 00:08:38,279
he is allowed to retain his place, but if not,

146
00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,080
the question is passed on to his neighbor. And this

147
00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,960
is repeated again and again until the town that the

148
00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,279
schoolmaster thought of as guest. Those who can name a

149
00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:50,840
town go up in class, or take the places of

150
00:08:50,879 --> 00:08:53,519
those who cannot do so. And if three or four

151
00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:57,039
players are past, the one who succeeds at length passes

152
00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,799
them all, and each one must move a step downwards

153
00:08:59,799 --> 00:09:03,159
to make room for him. When the schoolmaster likes, he

154
00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:06,279
can choose an animal, a bird, a fish, a river,

155
00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,879
a continent, a poet, a statesman, an author, or a

156
00:09:09,919 --> 00:09:14,919
celebrated character instead of a town. Russian Scandal is a

157
00:09:15,039 --> 00:09:18,080
very interesting game. In this game, one member of the

158
00:09:18,159 --> 00:09:21,480
company writes a short story on a slate, making it

159
00:09:21,519 --> 00:09:24,279
as full of incident as he can. He then goes

160
00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,279
outside the door and calls one of his companions to

161
00:09:27,399 --> 00:09:32,200
him and reads the story aloud once very distinctly. After

162
00:09:32,279 --> 00:09:35,519
doing this, he walks away and carries the slate with him.

163
00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,080
The person to whom the story was read summons another

164
00:09:39,159 --> 00:09:42,440
of the party, and narrates the story to him as

165
00:09:42,519 --> 00:09:45,960
exactly as he can remember it. The third person tells

166
00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,360
it to a fourth, and the fourth to a fifth,

167
00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,000
and so on till each one of the party has

168
00:09:51,039 --> 00:09:55,600
had the story narrated to him privately and solemnly outside

169
00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,679
the door. When olive heard it, the last one to

170
00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:01,440
go out comes into the room and narrates the story

171
00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,519
to the whole company. The original is then read from

172
00:10:04,519 --> 00:10:08,159
the slate, and it is quite curious to notice how

173
00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,120
it is altered in the course of transmission. There is

174
00:10:11,159 --> 00:10:15,120
no necessity for any intentional inaccuracy. If only there is

175
00:10:15,159 --> 00:10:17,799
plenty of incident in the tail, it will be found

176
00:10:17,879 --> 00:10:20,879
that it is almost impossible for the person who last

177
00:10:20,919 --> 00:10:23,879
heard the story to repeat it exactly as the first

178
00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:26,519
one gave it. The little fuss that is made in

179
00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,159
entering and leaving the room makes the difficulty of remembrance

180
00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:34,120
all the greater. Everyone knows the excellent and lively game

181
00:10:34,159 --> 00:10:37,200
of musical chairs. There is a variety of it which

182
00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:40,559
is not so well known, called the Huntsman. This can

183
00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:43,440
be played by any number above four. The more the

184
00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:46,519
merrier one of the players is the Huntsman. The others

185
00:10:46,519 --> 00:10:50,240
are named after the different parts of his dress or appertinances.

186
00:10:50,679 --> 00:10:53,519
Thus there are the gun, the hat, the coat, the boots,

187
00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:57,240
the shot, the powder flask, the powder, the dog, the bag,

188
00:10:57,320 --> 00:11:00,720
the game, et cetera. Chairs, as many as there are

189
00:11:00,799 --> 00:11:05,000
players excluding the huntsmen, are placed in two rows back

190
00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,320
to back, and the players seat themselves on these. When

191
00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:12,039
everything is prepared, the huntsman walks round the sitters and

192
00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:15,600
calls his followers by their chosen names. As each one

193
00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,639
is called, he gets up and follows the huntsman. The

194
00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,159
huntsmen may walk round slowly or run, just as he likes.

195
00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,399
At any stage of the proceedings, he is allowed to

196
00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,799
call out bang and immediately take possession of one of

197
00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:32,399
the chairs, leaving his followers to seat themselves as they can.

198
00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:35,320
Of course, one is left out as there is a

199
00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:38,039
chair less than the number of players, and that one

200
00:11:38,159 --> 00:11:41,240
must pay a forfeit. This game is convenient when there

201
00:11:41,279 --> 00:11:43,799
is not a piano in the room. When there is

202
00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,720
a piano, musical chairs played in the usual way, that is,

203
00:11:47,759 --> 00:11:50,639
with the players marching round the chairs to music and

204
00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:54,480
scrambling for seats when the music suddenly stops, is quite

205
00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:58,799
as interesting Among twilight games, which may be played in

206
00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:03,559
the interval between daylight and gaslight. Perhaps the best are how,

207
00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:07,120
when and where? What is my thought like? Or what

208
00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,840
is it like? And why is it like it? Think

209
00:12:09,879 --> 00:12:12,440
of a word to rhyme with so and so, I

210
00:12:12,519 --> 00:12:16,799
apprenticed my son and boz or the game of seven.

211
00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:21,480
These games are too well known to need description. As

212
00:12:21,519 --> 00:12:25,200
a variety, the Spanish Merchant may be played. The secret

213
00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,519
of this game should be known only to one or two,

214
00:12:28,039 --> 00:12:30,480
and the rest should try to guess it. The players

215
00:12:30,519 --> 00:12:33,519
take it in turns to address their next neighbor. I

216
00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,600
am a Spanish merchant, says one, what do you sell?

217
00:12:36,720 --> 00:12:39,679
Is the retort. The secret of the game consists in

218
00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:42,799
the merchant being careful to name as his article of

219
00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:47,080
merchandise some object that he at the same time lightly

220
00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:52,840
and unobtrusively. If he omits to do this, the leader says, ah,

221
00:12:52,879 --> 00:12:56,240
you are no Spanish merchant and passes on to the next.

222
00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,639
All sorts of ridiculous mistakes are made in trying to

223
00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:04,039
dis mystery. My old grandmother doesn't like tea is another

224
00:13:04,159 --> 00:13:07,120
game of the same character. In reply to this, the

225
00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:10,600
question comes, what does she like? And the secret lies

226
00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:13,879
in never allowing the letter t to enter into the word,

227
00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,600
which is supposed to embody the predilection of the venerable

228
00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,879
old lady. Among the tricks which are played upon the

229
00:13:20,879 --> 00:13:25,279
good natured members of a Christmas party, brother I'm bobbed

230
00:13:25,399 --> 00:13:28,919
is one which excites plenty of laughter. When this is played,

231
00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,200
those who do not know the game are sent out

232
00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,799
of the room. Three chairs are then placed in the

233
00:13:33,799 --> 00:13:36,480
middle of the apartment, and each of the two end

234
00:13:36,519 --> 00:13:39,679
ones are taken possession of by a lady or gentleman.

235
00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,000
When they are comfortably seated, a large tablecloth is thrown

236
00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,039
over the heads of the couple. The players are called

237
00:13:47,039 --> 00:13:50,120
in one at a time and invited to seat themselves

238
00:13:50,399 --> 00:13:53,120
on the vacant chair in the middle, and the cloth

239
00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,440
is drawn over their heads also. They are then informed

240
00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,679
that they will be bobbed occasionally and will be released

241
00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,720
to see as they can guess who did the deed.

242
00:14:02,279 --> 00:14:04,480
The three recei even turn a knock on the head,

243
00:14:04,799 --> 00:14:08,799
and each one is expected to acknowledge the compliment by saying, brother,

244
00:14:09,039 --> 00:14:12,639
I'm bobbed? Who bobbed you? Is the reply? Of course,

245
00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,600
the initiated brothers inflict the blow, although they profess to

246
00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:19,320
suffer as much as their fellow, and the novice is

247
00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,320
inclined to charge every other member of the company with

248
00:14:22,399 --> 00:14:26,279
the offense before it occurs to him to accuse his companions.

249
00:14:27,039 --> 00:14:30,840
A very peculiar sensation may be experienced by those who

250
00:14:30,919 --> 00:14:34,279
endeavor to blow out a candle without seeing where it is.

251
00:14:34,919 --> 00:14:38,080
The candle is lighted and placed upon a table. The

252
00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,159
player is then blindfolded and is told to walk three

253
00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,639
steps to the right, to the left, backwards and forwards,

254
00:14:44,879 --> 00:14:47,399
and in each case to come back to his first position.

255
00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,720
He is then to turn around twice and blow out

256
00:14:50,759 --> 00:14:53,960
the candle. In nine cases out of ten, he will

257
00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:57,519
blow quite away from the place where the candle stands.

258
00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:00,200
Perhaps it will be said that these games are not

259
00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:04,159
particularly new. The wise man said, there is nothing new

260
00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:07,639
under the stars, and games are not the exception. The

261
00:15:07,679 --> 00:15:10,519
same sports which were common one hundred fifty years ago

262
00:15:10,879 --> 00:15:13,720
are enjoyed today. The only difference is that they are

263
00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:16,799
carried on in a more refined fashion. And it is

264
00:15:16,879 --> 00:15:19,639
all the pleasanter that it should be. So. It is

265
00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,840
delightful to think that our children take pleasure in the

266
00:15:22,919 --> 00:15:27,080
same games that our grandfathers and grandmothers did let us

267
00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,480
hope that the Christmas season may long retain its influence

268
00:15:30,799 --> 00:15:33,440
as well as its games, that it may bind heart

269
00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,919
to heart, And, as Washington Irving says, we may draw

270
00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,559
our pleasures from the deep wells of living kindness which

271
00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:44,000
lie in the quiet recesses of our bosoms, and which,

272
00:15:44,279 --> 00:15:48,440
when resorted to furnish forth the pure element of domestic

273
00:15:48,519 --> 00:15:55,399
felicity Phyllis Brown and of Christmas Games for Everybody by

274
00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:56,200
Phyllis Brown,