To write a poem great,

Then dearest, sweet "Ma Mie,"

The praise belongs to thee.

Nissen, The Santa Claus of Norway

[Nissen]

(The story told in this rhyme was sent to the author by her globe-trotting friend, Mrs. William Westcott, from Christiana, Norway.)

How glad I am that I was born in this land very dear,

Where children have a Santa Claus of whom they have no fear;

A Santa who is always kind, remembering one and all,