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By OJ fit THE HOPE PIONEER MARTHA B. THOMAS 921, VESTERN NEVSPAPER UNION -x.pfftl believe in Santa Claus. S I believed hair is snowier, no cheeks redder, smile merrier and no eyes more twj kling than his. I believe the he him is big enough to encompa world—people would let it! I be in the jingle of his sleigh bells, the^w ness of his reindeer, the sound of thei tapping feet on the roof. & I believe in chimneys, big, broad, deep-throated chimneys that will not cramp the Merry Gentleman with his bulging pack S I believe in solemn rows of stockings hanging by the fire—father's short one, mother's long one and the dangling ones of the children, all waiting and expect-^ ant. S I believe in the invisible blossom of happiness that Santa Claus leaves at every house, and I believe that it will grow through all the year if people try to keep the spirit of Christmas every V/ irqj 1 ••'. •••••'.. ••-. 7 WM IHA j" »j) iwjiji' -f