From All These Signs

"Boys should be good in summer, and better in the fall,
but along about December they should be best of all."
 Alice Crowell Hoffman.

From All These Signs by Blanche Elizabeth Wade

A Holly wreath; a Santa Claus;
A spray of mistletoe;
A candy cane; a rope of grease;
Some stockings in a row;
A chime of bells from tall church-tower;
A carol sung with glee;
Sharp, frosty air; a glowing log;
A stately hemlock-tree;

Bright tinsel gleam; soft candle-light;
A great star in the sky;
The sound of sleigh-bells in the air;
A hint of reindeers nigh;
A parcel tied with gay, red blow;
A secret, too, to hide-
From all these signs, why any one
Would know 'twas Christmas-tide!