“Something nice and sweet,” she said;

“Jelly and jam, and a cranberry tart,

And a teenty piece of bread!”

So there on the sideboard is Santa’s feast,

Which her own small hands have spread;

Jelly and jam,—three kinds at least,

And a tart—but where is the bread?”


[HOW THE CHRISTMAS TREE WAS BROUGHT TO NOME]

Night of the winter—winter and night in the city of Nome,