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Nor had Santa Claus forgotten Joel, although Joel thought he had; for now Santa Claus looked kindly at Joel and smiled and said: "Merry Christmas to you, Joel!" NOR HAD SANTA CLAUS FORGOTTEN JOY ALTHOUGH JOEL TAUGHT HE HAD FOR NOW SANTA KLAUS LOOK KINDLY AT JOEL AND SMILED AND SAY IT MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU JOI
draught of cold air, then a scraping, grating sound, then a strange shuffling, and then,--yes, then, all at once, Joel saw a pair of fat legs and a still fatter body dangle down the chimney, followed presently by a long white beard, above which appeared a jolly red nose and two bright twinkling eyes, while over the head and forehead was drawn a fur cap, white with snowflakes. "Ha, ha," chuckled the fat, jolly stranger, emerging from the chimney and standing well to one side of the hearth-stone; "ha, ha, they don't have the big, wide chimneys they used to build, but they can't keep Santa Claus out--no, they can't keep Santa Claus out! Ha, ha, ha. Though the chimney were no bigger than a gas pipe, Santa Claus would slide down it!" It didn't require a second glance to assure Joel that the new-comer was indeed Santa Claus. Joel knew the good old saint--oh, yes--and he had seen him once before, and, although that was when Joel was a little boy, he had never forgotten how Santa Claus looked. ENTERING OR TRYING TO ENTER THE ROOM FIRST CAME A DRAUGHT OF COLD AIR THEN A SCRAPPING GRATTING SOUND THEN A STRANGE SOFTLING AND THEN YES THEN ALL AT ONCE JOY SAW A PAIR OF FAT LEGS AND A STILL FATTER BODY DANGLED DOWN THE CHIMNEY FOLLOWED PRESENTLY BY A LONG WHITE BEARD ABOVE WHICH APPEARED A JOLLY RED NOSE AND TWO BRIGHT TWINKLING EYES WHILE OVER THE HEAD AND FOREHEAD WAS DRAWN A FUR CAP WHITE WITH SNOW FLAKES HO HO CHUCKLED THE FAT JOLLY STRANGER EMERGING FROM THE CHIMNEY AND STANDING WELL TO ONE SIDE OF THE HEARTH STONE HO HO THEY DON'T HAVE THE BIG WHITE CHIMNEY THEY USED TO BUILD BUT THEY CAN KEEP SANTA CLAUS OUT NO THEY CANNOT KEEP SANTA CLAUS OUT HO HO THOUGH THE CHIMNEY WERE NO BIGGER THAN THE GAS PIPE SANTA CLAUS WOULD SLIDE DOWN IT IT DIDN'T REQUIRE SECOND GLANCE TO ASSURE JOE THAT THE NEWCOMER WAS INDEED SANTA CLAUS JOEL KNEW THE GOOD OLD SAINT AND YES HE HAD SEEN HIM ONCE BEFORE AND ALTHOUGH THAT WAS WHEN JOEL WAS A LITTLE BOY HE HAD NEVER FORGOTTEN HOW SANTA KLAUS LOOKED
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