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This Section is a Christmas Tree

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This section is a Christmas tree:          Loaded with pretty toys for you.          Behold the blocks, the Noah's arks,          The popguns painted red and blue.          No solemn pine-cone forest-fruit,          But silver horns and candy sacks          And many little tinsel hearts          And cherubs pink, and jumping-jacks.          For every child a gift, I hope.          The doll upon the topmost bough          Is mine.    But all the rest are yours.          And I will light the candles now.

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