. The long ago. Christmas 4 4 4 4. Christmas E always used grandmothers stocking—C Of/i because it was the biggest one in the family,-^ ^/ much larger than mothers, and somehowit seemed able to stretch more than was so much room in the foot, too—a chancefor all sorts of packages. There was a carpet-covered couch against theflowered wall in one corner of the parlor. Betweenthe foot of it and the chimney, was the door into ourbedroom. I always hung my stocking at the side ofthe door nearest the couch, on the theory, well-defined in my mind with each recurring Christmas,that if by any
. The long ago. Christmas 4 4 4 4. Christmas E always used grandmothers stocking—C Of/i because it was the biggest one in the family,-^ ^/ much larger than mothers, and somehowit seemed able to stretch more than was so much room in the foot, too—a chancefor all sorts of packages. There was a carpet-covered couch against theflowered wall in one corner of the parlor. Betweenthe foot of it and the chimney, was the door into ourbedroom. I always hung my stocking at the side ofthe door nearest the couch, on the theory, well-defined in my mind with each recurring Christmas,that if by any chance Santa Claus brought me morethan he could get into the stocking, he could pile theoverflow on the couch. And he always did! It may seem strange that a lad who seldom heardeven the third getting-up call in the morning shouldhave awakened without any calling once a year—orthat his red-night-gowned figure should have leapedfrom the depths of his feather bed—or that he shouldhave crept breathless and fearful to the door
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