From “Stocking Song on Christmas Eve” by Mary Mapes Dodge in Christmas Bells are Ringing: A Treasury of Christmas Poetry, selected by Sara and John E. Brewton:
Welcome, Christmas! heel and toe,
Here we wait thee in a row.
Come, good Santa Claus, we beg, —
Fill us tightly, foot and leg.
Fill us quickly ere you go, —
Fill us till we overflow.
That’s the way! and leave us more
Heaped in piles upon the floor.
Little feet that ran all day
Twitch in dreams of merry play;
Little feet that jumped at will
Lie all pink, and warm, and still.
See us, how we lightly swing;
Hear us, how we try to sing.
Welcome, Christmas! heel and toe,
Come and fill us ere you go.
Here we hang till some one nimbly
Jumps with treasure down the chimney.
Bless us! how he’ll tickle us!
Funny old St. Nicholas!
From “Christmas Stocking” by Eleanor Farjeon in Jingle Bells: Poems for Christmas, chosen by Gaby Morgan:
What will go into the Christmas Stocking
While the clock on the mantelpiece goes
tick-tocking?
An orange, a penny,
Some sweets, not too many,
A trumpet, a dolly,
A sprig of red holly,
A book and a top
And a grocery shop,
Some beads in a box,
An ass and an ox
And a lamb, plain and good,
All whittled in wood,
A white sugar dove,
A handful of love,
Another of fun,
And it’s very near done —
A big silver star
On top — there you are!
Come morning you’ll wake to the clock’s
tick-tocking,
And that’s what you’ll find in the Christmas
Stocking.
Hope you have a very Merry Xmas!
Thank you very much! Merry Christmas to you too!