StNicholas [serial] . It was a little Christmas tree, with candles all aglow, And golden balls and silver stars, a bright and shining row. The children danced around it, and clapped their hands with glee; And not a child was happier than the little Christmas tree. But next week, stripped of all its gifts and cast into the yard,It murmured with a little sigh : Now, surely this is hard!To give delight for but that night, And then to be forgot,Would seem to be for any treeA most unhappy lot! But Ned and Ted and little Fred %soon spied it where it lay. Hurrah ! they cried, A mast! A mast!We 11 sai

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StNicholas [serial] . It was a little Christmas tree, with candles all aglow, And golden balls and silver stars, a bright and shining row. The children danced around it, and clapped their hands with glee; And not a child was happier than the little Christmas tree. But next week, stripped of all its gifts and cast into the yard,It murmured with a little sigh : Now, surely this is hard!To give delight for but that night, And then to be forgot,Would seem to be for any treeA most unhappy lot! But Ned and Ted and little Fred %soon spied it where it lay. Hurrah ! they cried, A mast! A mast!We 11 sail and sail away,And far across the Arctic seas Our gallant ship shall goTo find the seals and polar bearsAnd jolly Esquimaux.

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