The Christmas stockings have gone out of present fashion quite;
I wonder if they care at all that Christmas comes tonight.
Has John forgotten? He is tired and worn with business cares—
But every night I used to hear the children say their prayers.
(No. 3 Double Tableau—John and Prayers.)
And when the blessed Christmas Eve came with its cold and snow,
They used to hang their stockings round the fireplace in a row.
What fun it was! How happily they planned for Christmas Day!
How hard to wait for morn to come to light their merry way.
(No. 4 Tableau—Children with Stockings.)