Because I want, you see,
  A hobby-horse that is so high,--
    Now tell me, can it be,
  Are stockings ever made so big
    That one can hold all of me?

  _Chorus, etc_.

  _All sing_.--All we children love to hang
  Stockings o'er the fireplace,
    Wondering how our gifts can come
  Nice and clean from such a place.

  _Chorus_.--Tra la la la, etc.

  Santa Claus is loved by all
    Folks who are as big as we,
  And for long before he comes
    We can only sing for glee.

  _Chorus_.--Tra la la la, etc

    (When the chorus is partly sung, the leaders of the march lead
    to opposite sides, others fall in line forward, pass in front
    to rear along sides, pass at rear end to seats. Continue to
    repeat the chorus till all are seated.)


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=Christmas Children.=

By M. NORA BOYLAN.

    (An acrostic for the primary grade. Each child wears a large
    gilt star around his neck. As he begins to speak, he turns it
    over, showing his letter on the reverse side.)

  _All_: Happy children here we stand.
    Bringing words of love;
  For on this glad Christmas day
    Christ came from above.

  _First child_: C is for the Christ Who came
    To this lowly earth.

  _Second child_: H is for the harps that rang
    At our Saviour's birth.

  _Third child_: R is for the ringing bells,
    Telling Christmas-tide.

  _Fourth child_: I is for the crystal ice
    Where we go to slide.

  _Fifth child_: S is for the schoolboy's sled
    When he coasting goes.

  _Sixth child_: T is for poor Tommy Jones--
    Jack Frost bit his nose.

  _Seventh child_: M is for the merry part
    Of this Christmas day,

  _Eighth child_: A is for the apple pies
    Grandma put away.

  _Ninth child_: S is for old Santa Claus,
    Coming here to-night.
  Hope he'll wait till nearly morn,
    So it will be light.

  _All_: Yes, we're happy children nine,
    And to each we're true,
  Three cheers for jolly Santa Claus,
    A happy day to you.


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=Santa Claus.=

By W.S.C.

    (A letter exercise for ten very small children. Let each child
    present placard bearing the letter as he recites his line. At
    the close, all shut their eyes and screw them up very tight.)

  S stands for stockings we hang up so high.
  A is for all we get if we don't cry.
  N is for nobody he will pass by.
  T is for to-morrow, the day we eat pie.
  A stands for at last old Santa is nigh.

  C for the children who love him so well.
  L for the little girl, his name she can spell.
  A stands for apples so rosy and red.
  U is for us as we wait for his sled.
  S stands for Santa Claus, who comes in the night
    when we are tucked up in bed with our eyes