The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-27
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| and a big star for the top and put
them across the green branches until
the tree looked just like those pretty
pictures on the story books little
girls get at Christmas time. When
Carolines papa came in to see the
! tree he thought it was just right
but felt rather sorry that he had
done nothing for old Santa's visit, but
he looked around and the first thing
he thought of was the chimney. OF
course Santa Claus can come down
any sort of chimney, but if you are
going to have a special visit from
Santa Claus, it does look as if you
should make special preparations for
him.
So Caroline's papa said the chin
ney must be bigger and they got to
work and the first thing you knew
the chimney was made lots bigger
with great big high mantel like they
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Caroline's great-great grandpa was a
little boy. On Sunday morning the
children came bright and early and
they could hardly wait until Mr.. and
Mrs. Straehley invited them to the
living room, where all these busy
people had been making ready for
Santa Claus. They went running IN
and it looked so pretty they caught
their breath and just said, oh,
Then Mr. Straehley looked at his
watch and said Santa Claus would
soon be here and twenty pair of
bright eyes We're keeping close watch
on that chimney. And what do you
guess happened?
First you could scarcely hear it
just a little, little jingle of his sleigh
bells you know that was when his
reindeer were on the house top. And
then they heard him coming down the
chimney-jingle, jingle, jingle-and
the bells grew louder and louder until
the first thing you knew old Santa
Claus jumped right out of that fire
place before them. He had on bran
new red suit, fur trimmed, with bells
on his sleeves and coat tails and a
great big red pack all tied up.
He said when he told old Mrs.
Santa he was coming she made him
change his clothes because he got
SCOT all over the others the night be-
fore. And he made the sweetest talk
to those little girls and boys you ever
heard any Santa make. He told them
all about the birthday of their dear
Savior and the star that brought the
wise men to the manger.
Then he asked all the little folk to
sing or recite and every one of them
did something for the good old Santa
One little girl had been sick and
Santa didn't know she had time 10
learn speech or a song, but she
told him she knew song and got
right up and sang just as sweetly as
if she had been busy every day learn
ing it.
Then Santa Claus opened his pack
and gave each child the incest pres
ent-up on the mantel in pretty
row-just like the flowers grow in
Mary, Mary, quite contrary's garden
| were lots of horns.
Old Santa Claus gave each little
child a horn and told them to run out
in front and blow their horns and he
would wave them a goodbye from the
top of the chimney-then quick as a
twinkle he ran in the chimney and
whiff-up he flew out the chimney
top. The little folk just skedaddled
out of the house and blew their horns
just as loud as they coud-but the
good old Santa and his reindeer We're
| high up in the clouds by then and
maybe old Santa was telling Mrs.
Santa that very minute what fine
little boys and girls he had met and
how they had all held up their hands
and promised to be good until he
came again. You see there was SUCH
a high wind blowing that day that old
Santa was on the top of some wind
blown cloud before the little folks
could get out!
Caroline told all of her little guests
goodbye and they left with happiness
shining in their faces, and joyous
faith in Santa Claus that will sweeten
their little lives until Old Santa comes
again.