CHRISTMAS.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 178, 25 December 1880, Page 3

CHRISTMAS.

; Ai • 'hristiuas line- in dura of old | When wintry blasts bW keen and cold, ' It was the custom of our nation To enjoy a little recreation.—-Tui'K. Hut iu Siiiiiou the sun is so confounded warm. Nothing buMuosipiiios round us Miami: J \\ e cannot get a nice bluuc innuge to set I Without t.-ii thousnnd Hies siirroiiuding it. i Mime pies are out of the i]in*ti'in ipiitc, J Audiloiiotgi'ucethPboardonChi'istuiiunight. I'Tistruewehaveroast hcef, but what of that? : There i.-, no horse milfoil and verj little fat. I Nevertheless to mirth we arc inclineil. : In spite of all our little woes combined, I And as U ixiiig li.iy falls on Sunday, ! We can't do do battel' than nut it ntf till Monday; And im an on the 21th lo luiv ■ seme fun : Have horses, lioats, men and hoys to run For prizes to he .-iveu .ml J } \\ Yllilelc or thereabout. Itnt stop, aa iiiipurtuiit item I've left oat. I mean I'ltm I'l'iuii:,.; without a doubt, Which many of y. in-youthful readers cannot make. No matter if it lie to hoi] or hake. ,S»a receipt I'll (five von if you please: Kxeiis,- in,.; I take'snuff, and fain would llKi'll'K. If von wish to make a pudding in which everyone ileliirhts, (If six pretty new laidcggi take the yokes ami whites. ; licit them all well up together till they thoroughly combine. And !.•■ sure von chop the suet up particularly tine. Take a pound of well-stoned raisins, and a pound of currants dried. And a pound of loiif.-u sugar with si candied peel beside. Mix them all well up tugether with a pound of whenteu Hour. \ud let it siaad t.i settle for a quarter of an horn. Tut the mixture in a cloth ami plump it i„ tie- pot. Some people like the Wat r (-lid. lull I prefer it hoi. Hut of theie tw., plans I don't know what Though I know it ought to boil an hour for .very pound 'twould weigh. If I we,-Queen of Knglund. or His Highness 1•„ f Rome. I would have a thumping pudding .-very day 1 dined at home: All the world si Id have a piece mill if any did remain. Next morning for breakfast I would win in i! up again. (i. A. S.