Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-12-31
OurGreeting.


IA Merry Christmas to you lIr
Just look at that bright. faced, bright
eyed, smiling girl. Just look at her as
she pops her head into the elegantly
furnished parlor, with the seasonable
greeting on her red lips of, "a Merry
Christmas to you ALL
It will be a merry Christmas for her,
for Santa Clsus has tumbied down her
chimney, and is in such hurry to get
To his rounds that he dropped quite q
number of pretty things about the bed
room floor. ,r,.,.
Then. brothers George and Willie are
home from school. They came yester-
day. and rolled into the house all GOV.
cred with snow, and their pockets full
of snowballs. What fun 1t was when
Willie crept behind cooks back and
quietly laid one of them on her neck as
She stooped over the range. How she
did explode with anger Just like a
Fourth of July cracker but when she
saw who il was that fooled her, she
chased him up and down until he al
allowed himself to be caught and re-
ceiye-a whipping mot much, lump
of caniy-for who would whip boys
or girls az the glorious Christmas
| time
And how gooi-humored rspais J. not
in the least grumpy or cross; and how
proud he is that George won so many
premiums, and he must have had lot
Of trouble to get those eight brand-new
dollars for the boys. He must have
gone to the bank himself and asked the
president for them as personal favor.
How Willie Jumped when lie got three
ont of the eight, and how Sissy-look
at her peeping in ct the door, and crying
81 Merry Christmas to you all!-how
deli b. d she WAS when papa opened Q
huge pasteboard box vii he carried
home himself, and a't4r taking it out oil
ever 90 many wraps Of paper, produced @
magnificent sealskin slcque. On, she
aid clap her hands, and in great delight
aped on papa ana kissed his face al
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And mamma - dear, gentle, kind,
good mamma-wasn't she pleased when
Sissy gave her. the cushion she had
worked for her - all red roses and
forget. me nots: and when George had
handed her an exquisite morning cap,
and Willie poor little Willie pre-
sented her with silver thimble
And the house is so richly decked
ont with holly and ivy-the holly has
such lot of red berries it was the
best branch on the wagon, and the man
said he wouldn't give it to anybody but
Sissy. What great sprig over papa's
likeness when he was young gentle
man, and over mammals when she
was young lady with an enormous
,rinoline. And Sissy pasted holly-leaves
al over the words, "God Bless our
Home;' and cook smartened up the kit
.hen. and Plmle, the waitress, helped
her. and didn't 60 to bed till all hours
IN Christmas morning.
Just look at Sissy as she cries, "a
Merry Christmas TO yon ALL And, II
you keep looking, you'll presently see
The door open and George and Whine
march in aud then the whole three
will sing beautiful little hymn com
posed by a poet, a schoolmate Of
Georges and set to music by mamma
Then comes the breakfast - sUch q
breakfast and George and Willie and
Sissy can have as much of every thing as
they like ; but they are wisely keeping
good place for the plum pudding
Aud won't it be q beauty for Sissy
helped to stone the raisins, and It'd all
about it; aud Willie. because he is the
Youngest, is to set fire to the brandy
when Phoebe brings the pudding in
after dinner. Then papa will cry, with
one of his jolliest laughs, "A Merry
Christmas to you all"