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CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS

BY ALICE M. KELLOGG

CONTAINING

FANCY DRILLS, ACROSTICS, MOTION SONGS, TABLEAUX, SHORT PLAYS,
RECITATIONS IN COSTUME

FOR CHILDREN OF FIVE TO FIFTEEN YEARS




CONTENTS.

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NEW SONGS TO OLD TUNES:
  Time for Santa Claus                M. Nora Boylan
  Santa Claus is Coming               Maud L. Betts
  Old Santa Claus                     M. Nora Boylan

FANCY DRILLS:
  A Christmas-bell Drill              Ella M. Powers
  The Snow Brigade                    Marian Loder
  Christmas Stockings                 A.S. Webber

ACROSTICS:
  Christmas Children                  M. Nora Boylan
  Santa Claus                         W.S.C.
  Charity                             Jay Bee
  Merry Christmas                     M.D. Sterling

MOTION SONGS:
  A Christmas Lullaby
  Dance of the Snowflakes             Alice E. Allen
  Little Snowflakes                   Ella M. Powers
  Christmas Stories                   Lettie Sterling

TABLEAUX:
  Christmas Pictures

RECITATIONS IN COSTUME:
  The Brownie Men                     M. Nora Boylan
  Winter's Children                   J.D. Moore
  Santa Claus                         Julia C.R. Dorr
  Father Christmas' Message           J.A. Atkinson

SHORT PLAYS:
  Mr. St. Nicholas                    Alice M. Kellogg
  Christmas Offerings by
    Children from Other Lands         Ella M. Powers
  A Christmas Reunion                 M.D. Sterling
  Christmas Waits                     Katherine West
  A Christmas Party                   Lizzie M. Hadley

RECITATIONS FOR THE PRIMARY GRADE:
  Santa's Helpers                     M. Nora Boylan
  Christmas Eve                       Eugene Field
  Santa Claus' Visit                  Susie M. Best
  To Santa Claus                      Jennie D. Moore
  What I Should Like                  Jennie D. Moore
  A Gentle Reminder                   Alice W. Rollins
  Christmas Time                      M.N.B.
  Christmas Wishes                    C. Phillips
  Christmas Morn                      M.N.B.
  My Christmas Secrets                S.C. Peabody
  Kriss Kringle                       Susie M. Best
  A Message                           Ella M. Powers
  The Mousie                          M.N.B.
  A Letter from Santa Claus           William Howard
  The Christmas We Like               Ella M. Powers
  Saint Nick                          M.N.B.
  Merry, Merry Christmas              Carine L. Rose
  Christmas Questions                 Wolstan Dixey
  A Catastrophe                       Susie M. Best

RECITATIONS FOR THE GRAMMAR GRADE:
  A Christmas Gift                    Mabel L. Pray
  A Christmas Thought                 Lucy Larcom
  The Merry Christmas Eve             Charles Kingsley
  The Christmas Stocking              Charles H. Pearson
  Christmas Hymn                      Eugene Field
  Bells Across the Snow               F.R. Havergal
  Christmas Eve                       Frank E. Brown
  The Little Christmas Tree           Susan Coolidge
  The Russian Santa Claus             Lizzie M. Hadley
  A Christmas Garden
  A Christmas Carol                   J.R. Lowell
  The Power of Christmas
  Peace on Earth                      S.T. Coleridge
  The Christmas Tree
  Old English Christmases
  Holly and Ivy                       Eugene Field
  Holiday Chimes
  Christmas Dolls                     Elizabeth J. Rook
  Red Pepper                          A. Constance Smedley
  A Game of Letters                   Elizabeth J. Rook
  Under the Christmas Tree            Arthur Guiterman




NOTE.


A large proportion of the material in this collection was contributed
to _The School Journal_. It is distinguished from other selections by
the author's name following directly after the title.




Christmas Entertainments.


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=Time for Santa Claus.=

By M. NORA BOYLAN.

    (To be sung to the tune of "Ta-ra-ra, boom-de-ay.")

  Now's the time for Santa Claus;
  Christmas comes with loud huzzas.
  Hark! the bells! Oh, hear them ring!
  Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling.

  _Cho_.--Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling,
  Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling,
  Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling,
  Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling.

  See his prancing reindeer brave,
  Hear him tell them to behave--
  Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen,
  Comet, Cupid, Donder, Blitzen.--_Chorus_.

  Yes, hurrah for Santa Claus!
  Blow the trumpets, shout huzzas!
  We'll be happy while we sing--
  Ting-a-ling-ling ting-a-ling.--_Chorus_.


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=Santa Claus is Coming.=

By MAUD L. BETTS.

    (To be sung to the tune of "Marching thro Georgia.")

  Santa Claus is coming--we shall welcome him with glee;
  He'll hang a gift for every one upon the Christmas-tree;
  He'll not forget a single child. How happy we shall be;
      For Santa Claus is coming.

  _Chorus_--
  Hurrah! hurrah! for Christmas time is near;
  Hurrah! hurrah! the time to all so dear;
  We all shall hang our stockings up when Christmas eve is here.
      For Santa Claus is coming.

  But we must remember all that we must do our part;
  Christmas is the time of times, to give with all our heart
  We must always share our joys with those who have no part,
      When Santa Claus is coming.


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=Old Santa Claus.=

By M. NORA BOYLAN.

    (To be sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle." The verses may
    be given by a single voice, with the chorus by the school, or
    selected voices on the platform.)

  Old Santa Claus is a jolly man
    Who brings us lots of toys, sir;
  And none are happier Christmas time
    Than little girls and boys, sir.

  Have you not seen our Santa Claus,
    With hair so snowy white, sir?
  Just hang your stocking Christmas eve,--
    He'll come that very night, sir.

  And if you watch, perhaps you'll see
    This friend in furs hid deep, sir.
  But I have never seen him once--
    I'm always fast asleep, sir.

  _Chorus_--Santa Claus is jolly, sir;
    Santa Claus is kind, sir;
  Santa Claus on Christmas eve
    Comes riding on the wind, sir.


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=A Christmas-bell Drill.=

By ELLA M. POWERS.

    (This drill may be given by eight little girls provided with
    wands. At the top of each wand are tacked three streamers of
    red, white, and