St Nicholas [serial] . T is difficult to see the Elves for pack-ages; and soon,If bundles keep on piling, why, they 11 reach up to the moon !The parcels are of every shape, for young folks big and small,To make a happy holiday where eer theElves may call. 5\ Virginia THE REAL QUESTION BY CHARLES J. STOWELL They say some men and dogs and things have found the frozen Pole,And made a record of their trip and put it in a hole;They say they nailed the Stars and Stripes upon the icy mast,And took possession of the spot for Uncle Sam at last:But now that they are back again, amid the worlds a
St Nicholas [serial] . T is difficult to see the Elves for pack-ages; and soon,If bundles keep on piling, why, they 11 reach up to the moon !The parcels are of every shape, for young folks big and small,To make a happy holiday where eer theElves may call. 5\ Virginia THE REAL QUESTION BY CHARLES J. STOWELL They say some men and dogs and things have found the frozen Pole,And made a record of their trip and put it in a hole;They say they nailed the Stars and Stripes upon the icy mast,And took possession of the spot for Uncle Sam at last:But now that they are back again, amid the worlds applause,I wonder if they 11 tell us, did they meet with Santa Claus? We like to hear about the route these daring seamen traced,And all about the bears and other animals they chased;We listen with enchanted ear to tales explorers know,Of Northern Lights and midnight sun and fields of ice and snow;But all these things are trifles, and for none of them wc care,Unless some one will tell us that old Santa Claus is there. 106 THE REAL QUESTION We want to know about his house, his reindeer, and his elves,And all the toys and Christmas joys he keeps upon his shelves;We want to know the things he does to while the hours away,When Christmas-time is over, through the long, dul
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