Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1948 — Page 18

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a i "Twas the night before Chri rT a eet Not a creature was stirring, n

Thee hildireh ‘were nestled alt snug in their While visions of sugar plums danced in their hé«

And Mamma in het kerchief, and I in my cap, - Had just settled our brains for a Li winter's nap.

“When out on the lawn thre rose _—y a clatter,

. I sprang from my 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 ee les snow, “Gave a Tuster of middayto objects ‘below; * When, what to my ‘wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer. :

With a litle od driver, so 0 lively and quick, :

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A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked | like a peddler, just gpening hus pack.

And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof : The prancing and. pawing. of each little hoof... . Asl drew. in my head, and was turning stowed, Down the chimney St. Nicholas ¢ came with: ¢ a bound. -

He was dressed all in eforbom he yead tobi foot, oh Le And his clothes were all*tarnished with ashes and soot;

His eyes how thoy twinkled! His dimples how: merryl-

iS cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! Tee His droll little mouth was drawn: up liké a bow ~And the beard on. his chin-was as white os & snow. The stump. of a pipe he held tight in Fn: teeth, And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;

“He had a broad face anda found Tittle belly

That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl Liao of 2s.

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More rapid bn ‘eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted and called them by n name.

On, Comet! On, o the top of the porch Now, dash away dash away, dash away all

As dry leaves that-before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky; So, up to the housetop the coursers they flew, - “With a sleigh full of toys and St. Nicholas, too!

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And: laying his finger aside of his nose, oe And giving a nod, up the chimney i :

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle; But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight.

. and to All 2 God Di ght”

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