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A Timely Pointer

“I’ll give you a pointer, Mollie,”
Said Tommie the other day.
“If you want certain things at Christmas
You’d better try my way.
“It’s easy and very simple
And always works, for I
Have tried it many and many a time
In Christmases gone by.
“Write Santa Claus a letter,
In your very bestest hand,
And give him a list of the things you want,
Don’t matter at all how grand.

“And then, when the letter is written,
Just take it to dear old dad,
And asks if he thinks the spelling
And writing is awful bad.

“I once wrote a note to Santa,
And sent it off right away,
And not a thing that I asked for
Was sent on Christmas day.
“But the letter I showed to daddy,
To see if ‘twas written right,
Brought everything I wanted
The following Christmas night.
“I don’t know just how he knows it,
But pa knows a thing or two—
‘Bout how old Santa should be addressed
By kids like me and you.”
—(Harper’s Bazaar)

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