English Christmas

Famous quotes containing the words english and/or christmas:

    “The bright old day now dawns again; the cry runs through the the land,
    In England there shall be dear bread—in Ireland, sword and brand;
    And poverty, and ignorance, shall swell the rich and grand,
    So, rally round the rulers with the gentle iron hand,
    Of the fine old English Tory days;
    Hail to the coming time!”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)

    “The first day of Christmas,
    My true love sent to me
    A partridge in a pear tree.”
    —Unknown. The Twelve Days of Christmas (l. 1–3)