<div dir="auto">I think the poem was given as a witness during the daily office maybe in 1970 or 71. That kind of rings a bell with me.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 24, 2023, 1:20 PM Judi White via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Really fine poem. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 24, 2023, 12:19 PM Lynda C via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>Date: </b>Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 12:12 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">llc860@triad.rr.com</a> <<a href="mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">llc860@triad.rr.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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From: Lynda Cock [<a href="mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:38 AM<br>
To: Cock, John I<br>
Subject: FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?<br>
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SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN<br>
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YOU BETTER WATCH OUT<br>
YOU BETTER NOT CRY<br>
YOU BETTER NOT POUT<br>
I'M TELLING YOU WHY<br>
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN<br>
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HE'S MAKING A LIST<br>
AND CHECKING IT TWICE<br>
HE'S GOING TO FIND OUT<br>
WHO'S NAUGHTY OR NICE<br>
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN<br>
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IT IS SAID OF OLD, THAT THE BAD BOYS AND GIRLS GOT NO GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS--<br>
ONLY A SWITCH TO LASH THEM WITH. BUT SO FAR AS ANYONE KNOWS, NO SWITCHES<br>
HAVE EVER BEEN LEFT AT CHRISTMAS. SANTA CLAUS TAKES GOOD GIFTS TO EVERY<br>
HOUSE, TO EVERY PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD.<br>
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THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION. THIS IS THE WAY THE STORY READS. EVERY<br>
PERSON, EVERY HOUSE. IF A CHILD RECEIVES NO GIFT FROM SANTA CLAUS, THAT IS<br>
A DEVASTATING BLOW. NO MATTER HOW MANY GIFTS ARE RECEIVED FROM MOM, DAD,<br>
BROTHER, SISTER, THOSE GIFTS CANNOT REPLACE THE GIFT NOT RECEIVED FROM THE<br>
ONE WHO TAKES GIFTS TO ALL. YOU SEE IN THIS STORY, ALL GIRLS ARE GOOD<br>
GIRLS--FOR ALL RECEIVE GIFTS. AND ALL BOYS ARE GOOD BOYS--FOR ALL RECEIVE<br>
GIFTS.<br>
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NOW I ASK YOU: IS THIS A TRUE STORY? HAVE YOU EVER MET THAT WHICH GIVES<br>
GOOD GIFTS TO ALL? INTO EVERY HOUSE? BY ANY CRITERIA YOU AND I HAVE<br>
CREATED, WE ALL DESERVE SWITCHES. YET, IN SPITE OF HOW WE SEE OURSELVES,<br>
THERE IS THAT EXPERIENCE IN OUR LIVES OF THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOOD GIFTS TO<br>
ALL.<br>
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ST. NICK, SANTA CLAUS, OR WHATEVER OTHER NAME IS USED, THEY ALL DEPEND UPON<br>
OUR COMMON LIFE EXPERIENCES OF THE ONE WHO BRINGS GOOD GIFTS TO ALL, TO<br>
EVERY HOUSE. THE STORY DOES NOT SAY HOW THIS IS DONE OR WHY. IT SIMPLY<br>
SAYS THAT IT IS DONE.<br>
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"YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. . . I'M TELLING YOU WHY! SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO<br>
TOWN.!"<br>
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