A Quote by Mary Mapes Dodge
I'm as true a Protestant, in sooth, as any fine lady that walks into church, but it's not wrong to turn sometimes to the good St. Nicholas.
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Once again St. Nicholas Day Has even come to our hideaway; It won't be quite as fun, I fear, As the happy day we had last year. Then we were hopeful, no reason to doubt That optimism would win the bout, And by the time this year came round, We'd all be free, and safe and sound. Still, let's not forget it's St. Nicholas Day, Though we've nothing left to give away. We'll have to find something else to do: So everyone please look in their shoe!
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I feel fine in St Petersburg, my family is fine and my son is fine.
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The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.
I've played with jazz and toyed with it when I used to live near the St. Nicholas Pub in Harlem.
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