Twenty-live Cents .1 Year.
Vol. XIII. No 9
December 1912.
CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM
i Song; Christmas Hells.
R**iitation: John Herrin.
V ’*'• >nu. Welcome to Christmas,
i hxercise; A Merry Christmas.
5 S mg Hark the Merry Hells.
*>■ 1 xer- ise, l.y the u'irls A C hrist
mas I.ullaby.
7 Song. l»v the little folks. Twinkle
S Recitation; John I.oweil.
9* Jfaii Hlessetl Redeemer.
io. Song; Hear I.utle Stranger,
it. l.xeieise, by f*»t»r lit.tir girls;
To Make Christ mas
12. Sown, by little ones;
I.itt le Heart Doors.
M Souk; The Joyful Story
*4- bxercise by five boys; The Way
to be Happy.
*5- ^'Uig; Kuthe: '* ('radio Song.
Fxercise; ‘ in the Fields.**
17. Song; The Sweetest Story Hver
ToUl.
,s- Song; Christmas, at Christmas.
’•* Cantata; Father Time.
Distribution of presents.
Song; Jesus Comes to Farth a
King.
Mr. Learn, our Superintendent, is
now taking a vacation in the States,
having left Kodiak Dec. 51 h, on the
Mr. Yukon. We hope that he is
having an enjoyable trip
A CHRISTMAS
SURPRISE
1 his year old Santa Claus came to
the Mission hoys and girls in his bi
darka and brought a pretty tiee all
covered with candles and presents
W li ;e was the Santa and he had for
his helpers two Esquimau boys; who
were not Ksquirnaux at all but
proved to be Mike and Patia when
we took off their parkas. Old Santa
explained that as this was an island
he was forced to leave his reindeers
an 1 sleigh over jn the mainland,
while hi» t wo faithful helpers brought
him across the water in the bidarka.
.-vs it was very stormy and cold,
some anxiety was felt l>y the miiall
hoys as to whether Santa would ar
rive satelv; so Jacob, liddie. t'.eorge
and oo stoii.,l!v one of the larger
hoys took turns watcliiag through
small holes which they thawed with
their lingers through the frost on the
front hall windows, ltut all this
time Santa and his crew were sitting
snugly in the hidarka, behind blank
et curtains, in another room, and
were having a hard time to Veep from
laughing.
At last all was in r-’tdiness— till
the girls and Miss Krgenzinger had
arrived front the Cottage in spite of
the storm— and the curtain was
drawn aside quickly.
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