A good-humoured Christmas Chapter, containing an Account of a Wedding, and some other Sports beside:

           Asbriskasbees,ifnotaltogetheraslightasfairies,didthefourPickwickiansassembleonthemorningofthetwenty-seconddayofDecember,intheyearofgraceinwhichthese,theirfaithfully-recordedadventures,wereundertakenandaccomplished.Christmaswascloseathand,inallhisbluffandheartyhonesty;itwastheseasonofhospitality,merriment,andopen-heartedness;theoldyearwaspreparing,likeanancientphilosopher,tocallhisfriendsaroundhim,andamidstthesoundoffeastingandrevelrytopassgentlyandcalmlyaway.Gayandmerrywasthetime;andrightgayandmerrywereatleastfourofthenumerousheartsthatweregladdenedbyitscoming.

           AndnumerousindeedaretheheartstowhichChristmasbringsabriefseasonofhappinessandenjoyment.Howmanyfamilies,whosemembershavebeendispersedandscatteredfarandwide,intherestlessstrugglesoflife,arethenreunited,andmeetonceagaininthathappystateofcompanionshipandmutualgoodwill,whichisasourceofsuchpureandunalloyeddelight;andonesoincompatiblewiththecaresandsorrowsoftheworld,thatthereligiousbeliefofthemostcivilisednations,andtherudetraditionsoftheroughestsavages,alikenumberitamongthefirstjoysofafutureconditionofexistence,providedfortheblessedandhappy!Howmanyoldrecollections,andhowmanydormantsympathies,doesChristmastimeawaken!

           Wewritethesewordsnow,manymilesdistantfromthespotatwhich,yearafteryear,wemetonthatday,amerryandjoyouscircle.

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