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Identifier: stnicholasserial301dodg (find matches)
Title: St. Nicholas (serial)
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
Subjects: Children's literature
Publisher: (New York : Scribner & Co.)
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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hat we welcome sogladly. On Christmaseve some one in theneighborhood imper-sonates Pelznickel bydressing up as an oldman with a long whitebeard. Arming himselfwith a switch and car-rying a bag of toys overhis shoulder, he goesfrom house to house,where the children areexpecting him. He asks the parentshow the little ones havebehaved themselvesduring the year. Toeach of those who havebeen good he gives apresent from his bag.But — woe betide thenaughty ones ! Theseare not only supposedto get no presents,but Pelznickel catchesthem by the collar andplayfully taps themwith his switch. IN PORTO RICO. The Porto Ricanboys and girls would CHF be frightened out of their wits if Santa Clausshould come to them in a sleigh drawn byreindeer and should try to enter the houses andfill their stockings. Down there, Santa Clausdoes not need reindeer or any other kind ofsteeds, for the children say that he just comesflying through the air like a bird. Neitherdoes he bother himself looking for stockings,
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they make themselves. These they place onthe roofs and in the courtyards, and old SantaClaus drops the gifts into them as he fliesaround at night with his bag on his back. He is more generous in Porto Rico than heis anywhere else. He does not come on Christ-mas eve only, but is likely to call around everynight or two during the week. Each morning, 152 HOW UNCLE SAM OBSERVES CHRISTMAS. (Dec. therefore, the little folks run out eagerly to see the life of the Saviour. Beginning with thewhether anything more has been left in their celebration of his birth, at Christmas-time, theboxes during the night. feast-days follow one another in rapid succes-Christmas in Porto Rico is a church festival sion. Indeed, it may justly be said that theyof much importance, and the celebration of it do not really come to an end until Easter,is made up chiefly of religious ceremonies in- One of the most popular of these festival-tended to commemorate the principal events in days is that known as Bethlehem day

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