WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
PAGE SEVEN
Night
Christmas
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nichols came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry;
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.
He was chubby and plump—a right jolly old elf;
And I laughed, when I saw him, in spite of myself.
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle;
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
Green Lantern Cafe 745 Mass.
Beaman's Radio AND TELEVISION 1200 New York
Snider Coal and Heat
SERVICE
633 New Hampshire
Van's Prescription Shop
105 E. 8th
Bellinger Electric 814 Mass.
Franz Conoco 900 New Hampshire
Greene's Candy & News MR. AND MRS. L. W. GREENE
Lescher's Shoe Shop 8121/2 Mass.
Rowlands Book Store
1401 Ohio
Rowlands Annex
1237 Oread
Lawrence Hardware AND HOME APPLIANCES
724 Mass.
General Appliance Co.
1103 Mass.
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