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Today I will simply share a favorite holiday poem/story of mine. I have loved this story all of my life and never get tired of reading it. To Americans this story can be recited by heart from memory, but it may be new to my international readers. Enjoy this lovely and famous narrative poem written in 1823. I hope you will love it soon as much as I do. Today is Christmas Eve in the USA so this story makes…..
For many children across our globe, the jolly man who travels to homes all over the world in one single night and brings toys and other special gifts—small and large–to children is considered to be one of the important symbols of the Christmas holiday. In the United States and Canada, his name is Santa Claus. He has a very round belly, a snow-white, long beard, and blue eyes that twinkle brightly. He always wears a red flannel suit trimmed in…..