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I snuggled in bed - not о sound, not о реер -
thinking of Sonto ond the togs he woutd bring,
ttlld the fun I woutd hove on Christmos morning.
When, ott of о sudden, where coutd I Ье?
Out in the snow in о stronge countrg!

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It's Sonto's workshop! I must сrеер inside.
No one wi1l see mе if I'm coreful to hide.
Sssh! I must Ье quiet os I tiptoe in,
tcl see where оur Christmos togs ot1 begin.
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I соп see Sonto reoding letters golore.

Н.U, he's got miпе, bg his feet, on the flооr!
А mop of the world is pinned to the wol[,
showing Sonto the wog to the homes of us о[[,
with rooftop instructions so there is no doubt,
thot опg smott chitd is ечеr left out.
 Just see how busg с11 Scnto's elves cre: опd this elf is putting the wings оп о ptcne.
One's moking о dott's house, one о tog ссr; Look qt thct tittle etf riding с bike,
onother elf's pointing о wonderful troin, It's just tike the опе I soid I would tike.
 'l'lris ltttlst Ье the rооm whеrе presents оrе pocked.
'l'lrс:t;'rс meosured for size, then corefullg wrорреd.
'l'icd up with riЬЬопs ond finished with bows,
ccch with о поmе tog so Sonto Ctous knows. *!
Whеrечеr Uou look there's bustle ond sсurrg.
Evergone seems in о tеrriЬlе hurrg.
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There's Sonto's coot cnd hct, ctt neottg pressed.
And thеrе оrе his boots getting о shine.
Theg took so smcrt, I wish theg wеrе mine.
I think this rооm is qs good cs the rest,
for it's the ptoce thot mokes Sonto took best.
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outside the stobte, the reindeer woit.

I count them о11 up ond, Ues, there оrе eiqht!
Their hooves ore polished, their bells burnishoc| lrriqlrt,
os elves brush ond groom them in thc mtlonliqht.
Their hornesses qteom, thcir ctlots о[[ shinc.
Now the rеiпdееr 0rс rcstlcss. os it's cllnttlst tiпlc!
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The steigh is now pocked qпd the reindccr rccltlt;.
Sonto ot the reins cries, o'Awcg now, qtl stcclclt;!"
High очеr ctouds ond hitls thсц l'[ц,
gotloping onwords ocross the skц.
Soon, beneoth them, rooftops thсц scc
where inside osleep ore chitdron likc nlc!
 When I woke up, it's Christmos Dog,
ond just tike mg dreom, Scnto's Ьееп! Нооrсg!
Мg stocking is filled up with condg сопе,
And I'm sure in thot рсrсе1 there must Ье о trcin.
Greot! There's о bicgcte propped bg mg bed.
Mg letter to Sontq must hqче Ьееп rеоd!