# The Christmas dinner, from "The sketch book"

Author: Irving, Washington, 1783-1859

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/64092

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Christmas+dinner%2C+from+%22The+sketch+book%22+Irving&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_Lo! now is come our joyful’st feast!_ _Let every man be jolly;_ _Eache roome with yvie leaves is drest,_ _And every post with holly._ _Now all our neighbours’ chimneys smoke,_ _And Christmas blocks are burning;_ _Their ovens they with bak’t meats choke,_ _And all their spits are turning._ _Without the door let sorrow lie,_ _And if, for cold, it hap to die,_ _We’ll bury’t in a Christmas pye,_ _And evermore be merry._ WITHERS’ “JUVENILLA.”

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-christmas-dinner-from-the-sketch-book-64092/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-christmas-dinner-from-the-sketch-book-64092/chapters/2/index.md)