Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
All About Santa CaaS.

+ tGhristrnas rhymes written for Ivylyn
Marjorie and Kenneth HUMPHREYS, of Mt
Airy and to be enjoyed by all the othel
children of The Journal)
| Children you merit highest praise
For being patient so many days.
! Now, I'll rehearse a little song
If you'll be quiet, IL not be long
| Perhaps YOU all would like to know
The strange old man who loves yonfso:s;
Well, / will undertake to tell
! Who comes with song and Christmas bell
Whose sack. is filed with everything 49,,
| That he can down the chimney bring
| With everything tbs nice TO see.
Hanging on Christmas tree.
According to old customs laws
All people call him Santa Claus. rs
| | do not know from whence he came;
| He has sort Of German name,
But he is not of German birth
| Hes kin TO all the folks on EARTH
For from some fair and happy cline
He comes along at Christmas time, I,
And girls and boys of every land y
Get presents from his liberal hand. a.
| One Mrs. Love was his good mother. ~.
And Kind Regard his gallant brother;
| Good VIII, his noble sire we call,
/ Grace. Peace. Hope, JOY his sisters all.
| His children are a mighty brood
OF all the pretty and the good. sr
In every land and neighborhood. ss--
Well, when the SHOWS Of age do fall s-
| On Old Years locks, and Winters pail
| Covers DEFENDERS limbs in ice. . -
| Old Santa Claus in odd device -.-
Arrays himself with hood and mask T.,
And hastens to his yearly task. l..-.
His little ponies. Wind and Light,
He bitches to his chariot bright, ls.--
And through the air he takes his flight;
And all around the world he goes, .,-.ls
Where toys are made or nice fruit grows
He visits cities, towns and shops. ,.-ss
And stores and mills-and never stops
Until he gets his chariot full, t ~
AS much as Wind and Light can pull
He mounts his seat and cracks his whip
And away he flies on his Christmas trip.
Right down the chimney, or through. the
door, ~ r-... ~. ss- 20
with softest tread across the floor,
He goes to chairs or TO bed post
AS noiseless as a gliding ghost. g.5-.-.
The little stockings hanging there. p. 49,
he takes and fills with greatest care,
And what a pretty lot of things
The good old Santa always brings --
Candy, sugar-plums and. cakes, - .,-,,t
Herses, cows and goats and snakes. e-
Figs and grapes and orange yellow,
Raisins, nuts and apples mellow, .~a
Books, albums, dolls and balls and bats,
Singing birds and screaching cats,
Jewsherps, fddles, harmonieums, =;
Pictures, wagons, sticks and fans, J.
Buckets. baskets boxes, cans,
Rockets, marbles, pops and cracks, -t
Merry Andrews, jumping jacks. ,.seh
Knives and guns, teasets and rings
Cornicopias and baby things, .f sta
Breastpins, gloves and silver ware,
Combs and flowers for the hair. t
Vases, bracelets, cups and bows,
And how much else there's no one knows
He leaves his gifts and steals away;
And there on the morn of Christmas day
The children make. with glad surprise
And seize their gifts and feast their eyes
They eat CONNECTIONS, play with toys
And thank old Santa for their joys.
How nice. tbs now child to be $3.50
So many pretty things to see!
And what is so much better yet, aH;
SO many pretty things to get!
There were no dolls with pretty curls
And all such things when we were girls
Now all these things you plainly see
Hanging ON your Christmas tree; asr
Now take your gifts with thanks and love
To those on earth and Him above.
e.,s -taa --.- NJ. t. H.
Mt. Airy, Ga. r>e