In the course of a December tour in
  Yorkshire, I rode for a long distance
  in one of the public coaches on the
  day preceding Christmas.
 
 
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  The coach was crowded, both inside
  and out, with passengers who, by
  their talk, seemed principally bound
  to the mansions of relations or
  friends to eat the Christmas dinner.