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_We_ didn't care how cold it was  so much the better for slidin' downhill! WE DIDN'T CARE HOW COLD IT WAS SO MUCH THE BETTER FOR SLIDING DOWN HILL
 me in the ribs. 'Git up, Joel,' says he; 'it's Chris'mas an' Santa Claus has been here.' 'Merry Chris'mas! Merry Chris'mas!' we cried as we tumbled out o' bed. Then Elvira an' Thankful came in, not more 'n half dressed, and Susan came in, too, an' we just made Rome howl with 'Merry Chris'mas! Merry Chris'mas!' to each other. 'Ef you children don't make less noise in there,' cried father, 'I'll hev to send you all back to bed.' The idea of askin' boys an' girls to keep quiet on Chris'mas mornin' when they've got new sleds an' 'Garlands of Frien'ship'!" Santa Claus chuckled; his rosy cheeks fairly beamed joy. "Otis an' I didn't want any breakfast," said Joel. "We made up our minds that a stockin'ful of candy and pop-corn and raisins would stay us for a while. I _do_ believe there wasn't buckwheat cakes enough in the township to keep us indoors that mornin'; buckwheat cakes don't size up much 'longside of a red sled with 'Yankee Doodle' painted onto it and a black sled named 'Snow Queen. KEEP MY EYES OPEN THE NEXT THINGS I KNEW OTTERS WAS NUDGING ME IN THE WHIPS GET UP JOIL SAYS HE IT'S CHRISTMAS AND SAYS A CLAUS HAS BEEN HERE MERRY CHRISTMAS MERRY CHRISTMAS WE CRIED AS WE TUMBLED OUT OF BED THEN ELFERIA AND THANKFUL CAME IN NOT MORE AND HALF DRESSED AND SUSAN CAME IN TOO AND WE JUST MADE RAW ALL WITH MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EACH OTHER IF YOU CHILDREN DON'T MAKE LESS NOISE IN THERE CRIED FATHER I'LL HAVE TO SEND YOU ALL BACK TO BED THE IDEA OF ASKING BOYS AND GIRLS TO KEEP QUIET ON CHRISTMAS MORNING WHEN THEY'VE GOT NEW SLED AND GARLAND OF FRIENDSHIP SANTA CLAUS CHUCKLED HIS ROSY CHEEKS FAIRLY BEAMED JOY OH TISS AND I DIDN'T WANT ANY BREAKFAST SAID JOE WE MADE UP OUR MIND THAT A STOCKINGFUL OF CANDY AND POP CORN AND RAISINS WOULD STAY US FOR A WHILE I DO BELIEVE THERE WASN'T BUCKWHEAT CAKES ENOUGH IN THE TOWNSHIP TO KEEP US INDOORS THAT MORNING BUCKWHEAT CAKES DON'T SIZE UP MUCH LONG SIDE OF A RED SLED WITH YANKEE DOODLE PAINTERS ON TO IT AND THE BLACK SLED NAMED SNOW QUEEN
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