Introdution

“Christmas is coming, and the holidays are coming, and all the children are coming, and all the grand-children are coming, and all their country cousins are coming, and all their uncles and aunts are coming, and every one of these wants their share of Christmas goodies, the Christmas eating and Christmas drinking, the Christmas pies, cafes, puddings and Christmas confections; its bon-bons, nicknacks, and its forty thousand sweet things.”

—JAMES W. PARKINSON

“Christmas Good Cheer,” The Confectioners⁹ Journal, December 1877.