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About The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1947)
HEW.TOTHEj VOL. 21 — No. 46 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1947 Entered as 2nd Class matter at Post Office, Omaha, Nebraska, Under Act of 1/ t i i _—-- M i ■■■ And mamma In her kerchief* and I in my cap* Hod settled our brains for a long winter's nap* Whew out oh the lawn there rose sueh a clatter* 1 sprang Worn my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash* Tore open the Shutter^ and threw up the sash* .. 'll l I II —— The moon* an the breast of the new-fallen snow* Gave a lustre ot mid-day to object* below; When what to my wonder ing* eyes should appear* But a miniature 5leigh and Ieig'ht tiny reindeer, With a little old driver so lively and quick* I knew in a moment it must be $t.Nick* More rapid than cables Wts coursers they came. He whistled and shouted, and call'd them by Marne* *Mow,Dasher! mow,Dancer! how, TVancer! now, Vixen! Oh,Cornell om, Cupid! on,Don* der and Blitzeni—* To the top of the porch,to the top of the wall 1 Now,dash away,dash away, dash away alii" AS dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When fhcv meet with an ob* . stacle, wotiMf to the sky, £*up to the house-top the coursers they Mew, With the sleigh full of toys and St*Nicholas too, <And then in a twinkling* I heard on the roof. The prancing and pawing . of each little hoof. <Jwo5 the niqht before Christinas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hunq by the chimney with care, , In hopes that St. Nicholas Soon would be there; The children were nestled all snu<) in their beds. While visions of suqar-plums danced through their heads. As I drew m my heed and was fuming around* flown the chimney 5t. Nich olas came with a bound* He was dressed all m fur from ft his head to hits foot* And his clothes were all tar* risk'd with ashes and soots A bundle of toys he had flung’oh His back* And he look'd like a peddler k just opening his pack* « —----^-—i His eyes How they twinkled! Ms dimples How merry! His cheeks were like roses* His nose like a cherry* His droll little mouth was drown up like a bow* And the beard on His chin was os white as the show; The stump of His pipe He Held ti?Ht iM 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 lauoH’d like a bowl full of lefty* He was chubby and plump-* a right jolly old elf-* And I laugh'd when I saw Huh ih 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 tke stockings; then turned with a jerk And laying His finger aside of His nose. And giving* a nod,up fhe chimney He rose, l He sprung to His sleigh,to His team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like fhe down of a thistle*, But I Heard Him exclaim,ere ' He drove out of slgk+> Happy Ckristmas all andtoallagood'Night!" ,
