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Dear Santa Claus

Charming Holiday Stories
for Boys and Girls

 

 


HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED


Copyright, 1901, by W. B. Conkey Company

 


CHICAGO
W. B. CONKEY COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

 






'TWAS the night before Christmas, and all through the house,

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In the hope that St. Nicholas soon would be there.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.

 

And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap,

Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap;

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow

Gave the lustre of midday to objects below—

When what to my wondering eyes should appear

But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer,

With a l

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