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=Christmas Children.=

By M. NORA BOYLAN.

(An acrostic for the primary grade. Each child wears a large
gilt star around his neck. As he begins to speak, he turns it
over, showing his letter on the reverse side.)

_All_: Happy children here we stand.
Bringing words of love;
For on this glad Christmas day
Christ came from above.

_First child_: C is for the Christ Who came
To this lowly earth.

_Second child_: H is for the harps that rang
At our Saviour's birth.

_Third child_: R is for the ringing bells,
Telling Christmas-tide.

_Fourth child_: I is for the crystal ice
Where we go to slide.

_Fifth child_: S is for the schoolboy's sled