[Oe List ...] FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?

[Judi White]

Really fine poem.

On Sun, Dec 24, 2023, 12:19 PM Lynda C via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
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> *From: *John Cock <jpc2025 at triad.rr.com>
> *Date: *Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 12:12 PM
> *To: *llc860 at triad.rr.com <llc860 at triad.rr.com>
> *Subject: *FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynda Cock [mailto:llc860 at triad.rr.com <llc860 at triad.rr.com>]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:38 AM
> To: Cock, John I
> Subject: FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?
> Importance: High
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> SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
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> YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
> YOU BETTER NOT CRY
> YOU BETTER NOT POUT
> I'M TELLING YOU WHY
> SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
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> HE'S MAKING A LIST
> AND CHECKING IT TWICE
> HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT
> WHO'S NAUGHTY OR NICE
> SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN
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> IT IS SAID OF OLD, THAT THE BAD BOYS AND GIRLS GOT NO GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS--
> ONLY A SWITCH TO LASH THEM WITH.  BUT SO FAR AS  ANYONE KNOWS, NO SWITCHES
> HAVE EVER BEEN LEFT AT CHRISTMAS.  SANTA CLAUS TAKES GOOD GIFTS TO EVERY
> HOUSE, TO EVERY PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
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> THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION.  THIS IS THE WAY THE STORY READS.  EVERY
> PERSON, EVERY HOUSE.  IF A CHILD RECEIVES NO GIFT FROM SANTA CLAUS, THAT IS
> A DEVASTATING BLOW.  NO MATTER HOW MANY GIFTS ARE RECEIVED FROM MOM, DAD,
> BROTHER, SISTER, THOSE GIFTS CANNOT REPLACE THE GIFT NOT RECEIVED FROM THE
> ONE WHO TAKES GIFTS TO ALL.  YOU SEE IN THIS STORY, ALL GIRLS ARE GOOD
> GIRLS--FOR ALL RECEIVE GIFTS.  AND ALL BOYS ARE GOOD BOYS--FOR ALL RECEIVE
> GIFTS.
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> NOW I ASK YOU:  IS THIS A TRUE STORY?  HAVE YOU EVER MET THAT WHICH GIVES
> GOOD GIFTS TO ALL?  INTO EVERY HOUSE?  BY ANY CRITERIA YOU AND I HAVE
> CREATED, WE ALL DESERVE SWITCHES. YET, IN SPITE OF HOW WE SEE OURSELVES,
> THERE IS THAT EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES OF THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOOD GIFTS TO
> ALL.
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> ST. NICK, SANTA CLAUS, OR WHATEVER OTHER NAME IS USED, THEY ALL DEPEND UPON
> OUR COMMON LIFE EXPERIENCES OF THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOOD GIFTS TO ALL, TO
> EVERY HOUSE.  THE STORY DOES NOT SAY HOW THIS IS DONE OR WHY.  IT SIMPLY
> SAYS THAT IT IS DONE.
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> "YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. . . I'M TELLING YOU WHY!  SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO
> TOWN.!"
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