Gene, Did you draft one for EI with the line “there is no Santa clause”?
Jim Wiegel

“…the long work
of turning their lives
into a celebration
is not easy. Come and let us talk“. 

The Sunflowers. Mary Oliver


On Dec 30, 2023, at 8:24 AM, Gene Marshall <gwesleymarshall@gmail.com> wrote:

To whom it may concern,

I was not I, but Fred Buss  who invented this poem.

I used it like a lot of other people.

Thank you John for bring it to my attention once again.

Gene



On Dec 24, 2023, at 12:45 PM, jstanfieldica <jstanfieldica@gmail.com> wrote:

Thank you John.  A very powerful Christmas poem.

Merry Christmas.

Jeanette Stanfield



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Date: 2023-12-24 12:19 p.m. (GMT-05:00)
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From: John Cock <jpc2025@triad.rr.com>
Date: Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 12:12 PM
To: llc860@triad.rr.com <llc860@triad.rr.com>
Subject: FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?



-----Original Message-----
From: Lynda Cock [mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:38 AM
To: Cock, John I
Subject: FW: Santa poem, Gene Marshall?
Importance: High

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT
YOU BETTER NOT CRY
YOU BETTER NOT POUT
I'M TELLING YOU WHY
SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN

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


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.

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.

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.

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.

"YOU BETTER WATCH OUT. . . I'M TELLING YOU WHY!  SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO
TOWN.!"