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    All painted round with gold;
And dishes can't be squeezed, you know,

    That's what I've oft been told.


Chorus, etc.


6th Pupil.--And I don't know just what to do,

    Because I want, you see,
A hobby-horse that is so high,--

    Now tell me, can it be,
Are stockings ever made so big

    That one can hold all of me?


Chorus, etc.


All sing.--All we children love to hang
Stockings o'er the fireplace,

    Wondering how our gifts can come
Nice and clean from such a place.


Chorus.--Tra la la la, etc.


Santa Claus is loved by all

    Folks who are as big as we,
And for long before he comes

    We can only sing for glee.


Chorus.--Tra la la la, etc



    (When the chorus is partly sung, the leaders of the march lead

    to opposite sides, others fall in line forward, pass in front

    to rear along sides, pass at rear end to seats. Continue to

    repeat the chorus till all are seated.)

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=Christmas Children.=
By M. NORA BOYLAN.



    (An acrostic for the primary grade. Each child wears a large

    gilt star around his neck. As he begins to speak, he turns it

    over, showing his letter on the reverse side.)


All: Happy children here we stand.

    Bringing words of love;
For on this glad Christmas day

    Christ came from above.


First child: C is for the Christ Who came

    To this lowly earth.


Second child: H is for the harps that rang

    At our Saviour's birth.


Third child: R is for the ringing bells,

    Telling Christmas-tide.


Fourth child: I is for the crystal ice

    Where we go to slide.


Fifth child: S is for the schoolboy's sled

    When he coasting goes.


Sixth child: T is for poor Tommy Jones--

    Jack Frost bit his nose.


Seventh child: M is for the merry part

    Of this Christmas day,


Eighth child: A is for the apple pies

    Grandma put away.


Ninth child: S is for old Santa Claus,

    Coming here to-night.
Hope he'll wait till nearly morn,

    So it will be light.


All: Yes, we're happy children nine,

    And to each we're true,
Three cheers for jolly Santa Claus,

    A happy day to you.

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=Santa Claus.=
By W.S.C.



    (A letter exercise for ten very small children. Let each child

    present placard bearing the letter as he recites his line. At

    the close, all shut their eyes and screw them up very tight.)


S stands for stockings we hang up so high.
A is for all we get if we don't cry.
N is for nobody he will pass by.
T is for to-morrow, the day we eat pie.
A stands for at last old Santa is nigh.


C for the children who love him so well.
L for the little girl, his name she can spell.
A stands for apples so rosy and red.
U is for us as we wait for his sled.
S stands for Santa Claus, who comes in the night

    when we are tucked up in bed with our eyes