"'Why do they call you that?'
"'It's my name, sir.'
"'What's your father's name?'
"'I ain't got none, sir'
"'But you know what his name was?'
"'No, sir.'
"'How did you get your name then? It must be the same as your father's, you know.'
"'Then I suppose my father was Christmas-day, sir, for I knows of none else. They always calls me Little Christmas.'
"'H'm! A little sister of mine, I see,' said Uncle Peter to himself.
"'Well, who's your mother?'