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In honor of the holidays, tonight we're continuing the work we began last year. Old Christmas, from the Sketch Book of Washington Irving, published by Macmillanin Co, London, 1886.

When we last left this book, our narrator had just fallen asleep on Christmas Eve.

Let's pick up where we left off.

Christmas Day.

When I awoke the next morning,

it seemed as if all the events of the preceding evening had been a dream, and nothing but the

identity of the ancient chamber convinced me of their reality.

While I lay musing on my pillow,

I heard the sound of little feet,

pattering outside of the door,

and a whispering consultation. of the

part of the door and a whispering consultation. Presently, a choir of small voices chanted forth an old Christmas carol,

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