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NEW SONGS TO OLD TUNES: Time for Santa Claus M. Nora Boylan Santa Claus is Coming Maud L. Betts Old Santa Claus M. Nora Boylan
FANCY DRILLS: A Christmas-bell Drill Ella M. Powers The Snow Brigade Marian Loder Christmas Stockings A.S. Webber
ACROSTICS: Christmas Children M. Nora Boylan Santa Claus W.S.C. Charity Jay Bee Merry Christmas M.D. Sterling
MOTION SONGS: A Christmas Lullaby Dance of the Snowflakes Alice E. Allen Little Snowflakes Ella M. Powers Christmas Stories Lettie Sterling
TABLEAUX: Christmas Pictures
RECITATIONS IN COSTUME: The Brownie Men M. Nora Boylan Winter's Children J.D. Moore Santa Claus Julia C.R. Dorr Father Christmas' Message J.A. Atkinson
SHORT PLAYS: Mr. St. Nicholas Alice M. Kellogg Christmas Offerings by Children from Other Lands Ella M. Powers A Christmas Reunion M.D. Sterling Christmas Waits Katherine West A Christmas Party Lizzie M. Hadley
RECITATIONS FOR THE PRIMARY GRADE: Santa's Helpers M. Nora Boylan Christmas Eve Eugene Field Santa Claus' Visit Susie M. Best To Santa Claus Jennie D. Moore What I Should Like Jennie D. Moore A Gentle Reminder Alice W. Rollins Christmas Time M.N.B. Christmas Wishes C. Phillips Christmas Morn M.N.B. My Christmas Secrets S.C. Peabody Kriss Kringle Susie M. Best A Message Ella M. Powers The Mousie M.N.B. A Letter from Santa Claus William Howard The Christmas We Like Ella M. Powers Saint Nick M.N.B. Merry, Merry Christmas Carine L. Rose Christmas Questions Wolstan Dixey A Catastrophe Susie M. Best
RECITATIONS FOR THE GRAMMAR GRADE: A Christmas Gift Mabel L. Pray A Christmas Thought Lucy Larcom The Merry Christmas Eve Charles Kingsley The Christmas Stocking Charles H. Pearson Christmas Hymn Eugene Field Bells Across the Snow F.R. Havergal Christmas Eve Frank E. Brown The Little Christmas Tree Susan Coolidge The Russian Santa Claus Lizzie M. Hadley A Christmas Garden A Christmas Carol J.R. Lowell The Power of Christmas Peace on Earth S.T. Coleridge The Christmas Tree Old English Christmases Holly and Ivy Eugene Field Holiday Chimes Christmas Dolls Elizabeth J. Rook Red Pepper A. Constance Smedley A Game of Letters Elizabeth J. Rook Under the Christmas Tree Arthur Guiterman
NOTE.
Christmas Entertainments.
Now's the time for Santa Claus; Christmas comes with loud huzzas. Hark! the bells! Oh, hear them ring! Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling.
Santa Claus is coming--we shall welcome him with glee; He'll hang a gift for every one upon the Christmas-tree; He'll not forget a single child. How happy we shall be; For Santa Claus is coming.
But we must remember all that we must do our part; Christmas is the time of times, to give with all our heart We must always share our joys with those who have no part, When Santa Claus is coming.
Old Santa Claus is a jolly man Who brings us lots of toys, sir; And none are happier Christmas time Than little girls and boys, sir.
Have you not seen our Santa Claus, With hair so snowy white, sir? Just hang your stocking Christmas eve,-- He'll come that very night, sir.
And if you watch, perhaps you'll see This friend in furs hid deep, sir. But I have never seen him once-- I'm always fast asleep, sir.
Sweetly chime, sweetly chime, Happy bells of Christmas time; Sweetly chime, sweetly chime, Christ the Lord is born.
Christ is born, our Saviour dear, Joyous words we love to hear; Sweetly chime, sweetly chime, Christ the Lord is born.
Sweetly chime, sweetly chime, Happy bells of Christmas time; Sweetly chime, sweetly chime, Glory be to God.
Let us carol sweetly then, Peace on earth, good will to men; Sweetly chime, sweetly chime, Christ the Lord is born.
We are the jolly Snow Brigade, With our trusty shovels we make a raid. And lustily we'll give you aid On a frosty winter's morning.
Jiminy crack! our noses are cold! Oh! Jack Frost is bad and bold!
Look at that; now what do you say?
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Santa Claus on Christmas eve, Means to give a gift to all, Each a stocking we will hang, Stockings big and stockings small.
Santa Claus on Christmas eve Comes with reindeer swift as air, Early all must be in bed, Leaving only stockings there.
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.
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 closed so tight
Christmas dear now draws near, With song and with evergreen welcome it here.
Oh, Christmas, merry Christmas! Thy call we must obey, And carry fadeless garlands In honor of the day.
Hushaby, hushaby, Christmas stars are in the sky; Sweet the bells of Christmas eve,-- Babies, each a kiss receive,-- Hushaby, good-night, Hushaby, good-night!
Lullaby, lullaby, Babies in their cradles lie; Every one in white is gowned, Hush, make not a single sound! Lullaby, good-night, Lullaby, good-night!
Rockaby, rockaby, Christmas-tide draweth nigh; Quiet now the tiny feet, Babies sleep so still and sweet,-- Sweetest dreams, good-night, Sweetest dreams, good-night!
We lived in cloudland, Floating here and there
Over the mountains And the valleys fair. Winds swayed our cradles, Then we fell asleep, While far above us Stars their watch did keep.
"Wake," cried the North Wind, "You to earth must go." Down we fell fluttering Butterflies of snow. Silently and slowly Through the winter hours, Falling so sadly, Hiding grass and flowers,
Then the wind caught us, Whirled us round and round, Dashed us and drove us, Piled us on the ground Flying up in frolic, Always glad and gay, Dancing and drifting All the stormy day.
Now our play is over, Now the day is done, Falling so sadly, Sadly one by one. Peeping in the windows Where the fires glow, See the children's stockings Hanging in a row.
Hark, in the distance Hear the merry bells! Santa Claus is coming, Sweet their music tells! Go we now to greet him, Listen as we call,-- Glad merry Christmas, Merry Christmas all!
Bright stars are gleaming, Christmas cometh soon. Joy bells are ringing, All in merry tune. We are Christmas snowflakes, Singing as we fall,-- Glad, merry Christmas, Merry Christmas all!
FIRST PICTURE.
"They were consulting about it in the nursery."
In this scene the children's belongings are scattered about: small chairs, a cradle, toys, and picture-books. Mr. Bird stands in the center of the platform holding a large doll dressed in infant's robes. Grandma is seated near, and Uncle Jack, Donald, Paul, and Hugh are discussing a name for the baby. The Christmas hymn is heard after the curtains are drawn and before the
SECOND PICTURE.
"A famous physician had visited them."
Mr. and Mrs. Bird and the doctor are seated around a library-table in earnest conference.
THIRD PICTURE.
Carol's "Circulating Library."
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