He comes in the night! He comes in the night!
He softly, silently comes,
While the little brown heads on the
pillows so white
Are dreaming of bugles and drums.
He cuts thro' the snow like a ship
thro' the foam,
While the white flakes 'round him whirl.
Who tells him I know not,
but he findeth the home
Of each good little boy and girl
His sleigh it is long, and deep, and wide;
It will carry a host of things,
While dozens of drums hang over the
side,
With the sticks sticking under the strings.
And yet not the sound of
a drum is heard,
Not a bugle blast is blown,
As he mounts to the chimney-top like a
bird,
And drops to the hearth like stone.
The little red stockings he silently fills,
Till the stockings will hold no more;
The bright little sleds for
the great snow hills
Are quickly set down on the floor.
Then Santa Claus mounts to the
roof like a bird,
And glides to his seat in the sleigh;
Not the sound of a bugle or
drum is heard
As he noiselessly gallops away.
Anonymous 1880
I know I am behind on the merriment and giveaway winner...
was sick and had computer problems.
The lucky winner of my Birthday giveaway is
Lecia
Farmhouse Prims
Lecia please email me your address
and I can get your package mailed out.
Congrats!
St. Nicolas Blessings to All
Janice