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It's been so long since I've had a merry Christmas that I don't believe I'd know how to act if I had one." IT'S BEEN SO LONG SINCE I'VE HAD A MERRY CHRISTMAS THAT I DON'T BELIEVE I KNOW HOW TO ACT IF I HAD ONE
ose 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. 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!" "Thank you, old Santa Claus," replied Joel, "but I don't believe it's going to be a very merry Christmas. TLY 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 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 THANK YOU OLD SANTA KLAUS REPLIED JOE BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT GOING TO BE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS
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