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94 THE CHRISTMAS WELCOME. Tune&mdash;"Tramp, Tramp, Tramp"

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&mdash;From Song Knapsack. CHRISTMAS DAY.

Everybody knows that Christmas Day falls on the 25th of December. Of course! So it does&mdash;now. But it did not always do so. In the early centuries of Christianity, the feast was kept up at various dates in the months of January, April, and May. For more than three hundred years, January 6th was Christmas day in the Eastern Church. The Abyssinians call June 21 Christmas day; while among the Armenians Christmas day has always been January 18, and so it is now; but since the middle of the fifth century Christians of both the Occident and Orient have generally agreed to celebrate the 25th of December. A CHRISTMAS PROBLEM.

&mdash;The Intelligence.