. More about live dolls . rung popped corn and cran-berries; they had gilded nuts, and theyhad made all sorts of things with which todecorate the tree. On Christmas, papaand mamma worked for hours on thetree, keeping the door of the roomclosed and locked until all was result was something beautiful, andwhen the children and their dollswere at last admitted to the room, their 85 MORE ABOUT LIVE DOLLS expressions of delight fully repaid papaand mamma for their labor. While theywere admiring the glittering tree, suddenlythey heard the sweet jingle of bells and ina moment in glided the l
. More about live dolls . rung popped corn and cran-berries; they had gilded nuts, and theyhad made all sorts of things with which todecorate the tree. On Christmas, papaand mamma worked for hours on thetree, keeping the door of the roomclosed and locked until all was result was something beautiful, andwhen the children and their dollswere at last admitted to the room, their 85 MORE ABOUT LIVE DOLLS expressions of delight fully repaid papaand mamma for their labor. While theywere admiring the glittering tree, suddenlythey heard the sweet jingle of bells and ina moment in glided the little her—could Janie believe her eyes—there was dear old Santa Claus! Perchedon his shoulders were two of the brightestof boy dolls, dressed in black velvetspangled with silver stars. The Queen handed a long silver ladderto the old gentleman. He took it andheld one end to the top of the tree andbraced the other firmly against his fatbody. Up the ladder danced the blackvelvet boys and began to remove the 86. MORE ABOUT LIVE DOLLS presents. They climbed down to Santasshoulders with their arms full, and hecalled out the names marked on thepackages. As each child shyly presentedherself, he filled the eager, uplifted the tree was empty, the littlefellows climbed to the very top and thereperformed the queerest sort of hung by their toes from the ends ofthe branches. They stood on their headsand played see-saw with a branch stretchedacross one of the limbs, and finally, witha leap in the air, they turned summer-saults all the way down. Landing ontheir feet, with gay little bobs and nodsthey climbed back to their perch on 89 MORE ABOUT LIVE DOLLS Santa Claus broad shoulders. SantaClaus speech followed this performanceand was the climax of the said: I never dreamed that such a miraclecould come to pass. To see the dolls,whose like I have made and givenaway for so many years, come to life, isastounding, and I shall remember thismome
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