CHRISTMAS AT THE DOOR.
Reading edition
BY MARGARET E. SANGSTER.
Here's Christmas at the door again! There's never a day so dear, Nor one we are half so glad to see, In the course of the whole round year. It isn't that Santa Claus comes back, And his hands with gifts are full; It isn't that we have holidays, When we need not go to school. But the air is thrilled with happiness, The crowds go up and down, And people laugh and shout for joy When Christmas comes to town. There's nobody left to stand outside, The world is bright with cheer, For Christmas-time is the merriest time In the whole of the big round year. We try to love our enemies now, And our friends we love the more, That strife and anger fade away When Christmas taps at the door.