KENTUCKY LIFE IS MADE

POSSIBLE IN PART

BY A GRANT FROM THE HONORABLE

ORDER OF KENTUCKY COLONELS

COMING UP TONIGHT

ON KENTUCKY LIFE

A HOLIDAY TOUR OF THE

HISTORIC CITY OF BARDSTOWN

COME ALONG WITH US AS

WE CELEBRATE THE SEASON

IN ONE OF KENTUCKY'S

OLDEST TOWNS

(Music playing)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, AND

WELCOME TO KENTUCKY LIFE

I'M BYRON CRAWFORD, YOUR

HOST FOR THIS SPECIAL VISIT

TO A CITY STEEPED IN THE

HISTORY OF THE COMMONWEALTH

WE'VE CHOSEN THIS UNIQUE AREA

TO CELEBRATE AN

OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS

AND TO HERALD IN THE NEW YEAR

FIRST EXPLORED IN THE 1770s

BARDSTOWN IS HOME TO SAINT

JOSEPH'S PROTO CATHEDRAL

THE FIRST CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL

WEST OF THE ALLEGHENY MOUNTAINS

IT'S ALSO HOME TO

THREE COMMUNITIES

OF CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS

MEN AND WOMEN

THE OLD TALBOTT TAVERN

HAS BEEN OPEN HERE

SINCE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TIMES

AND HOSTED VISITORS RANGING

FROM THE EXILED KING OF FRANCE

TO LEGENDARY EXPLORERS--

LEWIS AND CLARK

NO LESS THAN 220 BUILDINGS

ARE LISTED HERE

ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER

OF HISTORIC PLACES

AND 60 % OF THE WORLD'S

SUPPLY OF BOURBON

IS MANUFACTURED RIGHT

HERE IN THIS AREA

THE COMMUNITY IS AWASH

IN QUAINT CHARM

ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR

WHEN ITS MANY SHOPS,

INNS AND PARKS

WELCOME VISITORS TO MAKE MERRY

AND WHAT COULD BE MERRIER?

OR MORE TRADITIONAL THAN A

TOY TRAIN SET UNDER THE TREE

AND A REAL LIVE TRAIN

WHERE EVERY DAY'S A

FULL COURSE HOLIDAY

(Train whistle blowing)

MY OLD KENTUCKY DINNER TRAIN

RUNS YEAR ROUND

ON A VARIED SCHEDULE

AND WE DO GO ABOUT 35

MILES DURING THE TRIP

WE TRAVEL THROUGH

THE BURNHEIM FOREST

WE GO THROUGH THE JIM BEAM

DISTILLERY PROPERTY

AND THEN WE GO ON TO

A FORMER TRAIN DEPOT

AND A HOTEL FROM THE 1800s

AT LIMESTONE SPRINGS

THE DINNER TRAIN ITSELF

HAS THREE DINING CARS

THEY'RE ALL FROM THE 1940s ERA

AND OUR ENGINES ARE A LITTLE BIT

NEWER, THEY'RE FROM THE 1950s

AND THEY ARE DIESEL ELECTRIC

WE HAVE A VERY FAMOUS

DINING CAR WITH US

IT'S CALLED OUR

"EISENHOWER CAR"

AND IT'S CALLED THAT FOR

THE SIMPLE FACT THAT

IT WAS ACTUALLY OWNED BY

THE EISENHOWER FAMILY

AND IT WAS USED DURING THE

TIME THAT PRESIDENT EISENHOWER

WAS BROUGHT BACK FROM

WASHINGTON, D.C.

TO ABILENE, KANSAS

FOR HIS BURIAL

UH, THE FAMILY USED

THAT DINING CAR

FOR THEIR PRIVATE

DINING PURPOSES

DURING THAT TIME

WE HAVE SOME HISTORY

ALONG THE TRACK

UH, THE TRACK ITSELF

IS FROM THE 1800s

IT WAS USED AND IN, IN SERVICE

FROM 1860 TO THE MID 1950s

SO JUST ABOUT 100 YEARS

AND IT WAS UNDER THE

OWNERSHIP OF THE L & N

LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE

RAILROAD AT THAT TIME

THANK YOU

AS WE'RE TRAVELING ALONG

ALL OF THE DINING CARS

ARE FROM THE 1940s

UH, THIS PARTICULAR

DINING CAR

IS ONE OF OUR MOST

POPULAR DINING CARS

THE NUMBER, OBVIOUSLY, IS

AN EASY TO REMEMBER CAR

007

MAKES YOU THINK OF JAMES

BOND AND SEAN CONNERY

YOU KNOW,

IT'S FUNNY TO

TO NOTICE THE

PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN

TODAY, EVEN THE

PEOPLE BEHIND US

WHO HAPPENED TO BE FROM

I THINK, VIRGINIA

YES, SIR

UH, THEY'RE JUST REALLY

HAVING A GOOD TIME

THE ATMOSPHERE

OF A TRAIN CAR

IS, IS NOT COMPARABLE

TO ANYTHING ELSE

I AGREE, I AGREE

THE, THE DINNER

TRAIN IS WONDERFUL

FOR I THINK, ANY AGE

UH, IF YOU'RE FROM THE ERA WHERE

DINNER TRAINS WERE VERY POPULAR

IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO

KIND OF STEP BACK IN TIME

AND HAVE A LOT OF

MEMORIES COME BACK

WE HAD A GENTLEMAN RIDE

WITH US, NOT TOO LONG AGO

THAT ACTUALLY SERVICED IN, IN

THE ERA WHERE GLENN MILLER

WAS POPULAR

AND HE WAS ACTUALLY PART

OF THE GLENN MILLER BAND

SO WE HAD A TREAT

HE, HE SAT OUT IN THE

DEPOT, PLAYED SOME PIANO

AND TREATED US BEFORE

HE STEPPED ON BOARD

AND HE HAD A LOT OF MEMORIES

TO COME BACK TO HIM WITH THAT

THAT'S GREAT

ALSO SOMETHING YOU MIGHT

WANT TO KNOW ABOUT, BYRON

WE UH, WE ARE PASSING THROUGH

AN AREA WHERE JESSE JAMES

TRAVELED QUITE A BIT

AND FOLKLORE HAS IT

THAT THERE IS A HOME

THAT WAS ALONG THIS TRACK

WHERE JESSE JAMES ACTUALLY

HID OUT FROM THE LAW

WHILE HE WAS HERE IN TOWN

UH, AS I UNDERSTAND IT

HE HAS, HAD A RELATIVE HERE IN

BARDSTOWN THAT HE CAME TO VISIT

AS HE WAS TRYING TO

ESCAPE FROM THE LAW

SO WE SAW HIM QUITE A BIT,

APPARENTLY DURING THOSE YEARS

YOU CAME ALONG

AT THE RIGHT TIME

IF YOU'D BEEN EARLIER

JESSE MIGHT BE ROBBING

THE TRAIN RIGHT NOW

THAT'S RIGHT

THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT

THE TRAIN HAS QUITE A

REPUTATION THOUGH, ALREADY

DOESN'T IT?

IT CERTAINLY DOES

UH, WE'RE VERY

FORTUNATE

THE DINING CARS,

AS YOU CAN SEE

HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN

REFURBISHED AND RENOVATED

WE'RE TRYING TO CAPTURE

THE ESSENCE OF THE '40s

UH, WE HAVE THE

MAHOGANY WALLS

THE WHITE

LINEN SERVICE

ALL OF OUR WAITERS

ARE IN TUXEDOS

AND OUR FOOD,

I THINK

AS, AS YOU MIGHT AGREE,

IS SECOND TO NONE

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL

(People laughing and talking)

(Train whistle blowing)

Lucas:

I THINK THE DINNER TRAIN

BRINGS BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES

FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE RIDDEN

DINNER TRAINS IN THE PAST

FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE

NOT BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH

TO HAVE THAT AS A PART

OF OUR, OF OUR HISTORY

IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY

TO RELIVE THE PAST

AND IT REALLY BRINGS OUT

THE KID IN ALL OF US

UH, THE DINNER

TRAIN IS A BIG TOY

UH, FOR, FOR EVERYBODY

I THINK OF ANY AGE

YOU GET ON THERE AND IT

TAKES YOU TO A DIFFERENT

A DIFFERENT ERA

AND IT TAKES YOU TO A

DIFFERENT PERSONALITY

UH, I THINK EVERYBODY

ENJOYS TRAINS

AND IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY

TO RIDE SOMETHING THAT

MAYBE YOU'VE NEVER

RIDDEN BEFORE

OR IT TAKES YOU BACK TO

A TIME IN YOUR CHILDHOOD

THAT YOU MAY HAVE

BEEN AT ONE TIME

AND RIDE AGAIN AS

YOU DID IN THE '40s

THERE ARE FEW THINGS MORE

ROMANTIC THAN A TRAIN RIDE

THROUGH THE COUNTRYSIDE

WITH THE CLICK OF THE WHEELS

TO PUNCTUATE CONVERSATION

AND THERE ARE FEW SONGS TO

MATCH THE ROMANCE, POPULARITY

AND LONGEVITY OF THE SONG PENNED

BY STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER

"OH, SUSANNAH" FOSTER'S

FIRST HIT TUNE

WAS PUBLISHED IN 1848

AND EVER SINCE,

PEOPLE IN THE U.S.

AND INDEED, AROUND THE WORLD

HAVE MADE HIS SONGS THEIR OWN

WE'VE CLAIMED ONE SPECIAL

TUNE "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME"

AS OURS ALONE

THIS ELEGANT MANSION AT

FEDERAL HILL IS REPUTED TO BE

THE PLANTATION THAT INSPIRED

FOSTER TO PEN THE SONG

THAT IS SO DEAR TO OUR HEARTS

(Playing "My Old Kentucky Home")

WE'RE IN THE PARLOR HERE

AT MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME

THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE

WERE THE ROWAN FAMILY

THEY WERE JUDGE JOHN ROWAN,

SR.-- THE FIRST OWNER

AND HIS WIFE-- ANN LIDDLE

(Music playing)

THE JUDGE WAS A SENATOR,

A JUDGE AND A LAWYER

AT THE TIME THAT HE LIVED HERE

AND HE ALSO HAS A

SMALL PLANTATION HERE

THE ROWANS WERE A COUSIN

OF STEPHEN FOSTER

IN THE SOUTH, CHRISTMAS

WAS A TIME OF FEASTING

DANCING, BALLS AND

RELIGIOUS DEVOTION

IN THE NORTH, CHRISTMAS HAD A

MUCH HARDER TIME GETTING STARTED

BECAUSE THE EARLY

SETTLERS-- THE PURITANS

FORBADE ITS OBSERVANCE

THE CHRISTMAS TREE WAS BROUGHT

OVER BY THE GERMAN SETTLERS

TO AMERICA

EVERY BRANCH WOULD

HAVE BEEN DECORATED

AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POPULAR

TO HAVE SMALL CANDLES

SILHOUETTING THE TREE

WE'RE IN THE LIBRARY

THE CHRISTMAS CAROLS

IN THOSE DAYS

WERE SIMPLE, HAPPY TUNES

THAT INVOLVED NOT ONLY

SONG, BUT DANCE AS WELL

THE DANCE PART

EVENTUALLY FADED OUT

STEPHEN FOSTER WAS

A CAROLER IN HIS DAY

AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE SINGING

GROUP CALLED "THE SERENADERS"

SOME OF STEPHEN FOSTER'S SONGS

INCLUDE "OPEN THY LATTICE, LOVE"

"BEAUTIFUL DREAMER"

"OH, SUSANNAH"

AND "MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME"

WHICH FAMILY CORRESPONDENCE

SAYS HE WROTE ABOUT THIS HOME

(Music playing)

STEPHEN FOSTER DIED

AT THE AGE OF 37

OF PNEUMONIA IN NEW YORK

ON JANUARY 13, 1864

YOU KNOW, MUSIC

MAKES THE HOLIDAYS

AND THIS YEAR, WE'VE CHOSEN

TO PRESENT THE CHOIR

OF THE SISTERS OF

CHARITY OF NAZARETH

AT THE SAINT VINCENT

DEPAUL CHURCH

THIS 143-YEAR OLD CHURCH

WAS BUILT FOR THE SISTERS

WHO WERE FOUNDED IN 1812 BY

MOTHER CATHERINE SPALDING

IT'S NAMED FOR THE

SISTERS' PATRON SAINT

WHOSE BRONZE STATUE

MAY BE SEEN OUTSIDE

DESIGNED IN THE

FRENCH GOTHIC STYLE

IT FEATURES HAND-CARVED ALTARS

A MARBLE MOSAIC FLOOR

A BEAUTIFUL HARD-CARVED CRUCIFIX

AND LARGE GOTHIC

STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS

TEN YEARS AFTER ITS DEDICATION,

THE VISITING BISHOP

WHO HAD SEEN THE WORLD'S

GREATEST CHURCHES

CALLED IT THE "GEM

OF THE DIOCESES"

AND SAID IT WAS "THE

MOST DEVOTIONAL CHURCH"

HE HAD EVER SEEN

(Music playing)

(Singing "Come All Ye Faithful")

♪ O, COME ALL YE FAITHFUL ♪

♪ JOYFUL AND TRIUMPHANT ♪

♪ O, COME YE, O, COME

YE TO BETHLEHEM ♪

♪ COME AND BEHOLD HIM ♪

♪ BORN THE KING OF ANGELS ♪

♪ O, COME LET US ADORE HIM ♪

♪ O, COME LET US ADORE HIM

♪ O, COME LET US ADORE

HIM, CHRIST THE LORD ♪

(Playing "Silent Night")

♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪

♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪

♪ ALL IS CALM ♪

♪ ALL IS BRIGHT ♪

♪ ROUND YOUNG VIRGIN,

MOTHER AND CHILD ♪

♪ HOLY INFANT, SO

TENDER AND MILD ♪

♪ SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE ♪

♪ SILENT NIGHT ♪

♪ HOLY NIGHT ♪

♪ SHEPHERDS QUAKE AT THE SIGHT ♪

♪ GLORY STREAMS

FROM HEAVEN ABOVE ♪

♪ HEAVENLY HOSTS

SING HALLEUJAH ♪

♪ CHRIST THE SAVIOR IS BORN ♪

(Bells ringing)

THANK YOU,

JONESEY

APPRECIATE

IT, BUDDY

ALL RIGHT

HAVE A GOOD ONE

YOU KNOW, IF YOU ROAM THE CHEERY

STREETS OF BARDSTOWN FOR A WHILE

YOU'LL LIKELY MAKE SOME

FASCINATING DISCOVERIES

TUCKED AWAY RIGHT HERE

IS A BIT OF THE OLD WORLD

IN THE NEW

AT BJOERN'S WATCH AND CLOCK

SHOP ON MULBERRY ALLEY

YOU'LL FIND THE

NATIVE OF GERMANY

BUSY AT WORK ON THE DEVICES THAT

MARK OUR PASSAGE THROUGH LIFE

HERE BESIDE THE CHARMING

BLACK FOREST CUCKOO CLOCKS

YOU'LL FIND OLD WORLD

COLLECTIBLES

FROM POLAND AND RUSSIA

ALL AMID THE COMFORTING TICK

TOCK OF 100 TIMEPIECES AT WORK

BJOERN, ANYBODY

HOME HERE?

WHAT TIME IS IT?

HOW ARE YOU?

IT'S, IT'S

CHRISTMASTIME

ALMOST

YEAH

ALMOST

YOU GOT A STORE

FULL OF STUFF

A SHOP FULL

OF UH, CLOCKS

AND... WHAT'S

THIS, A CLOCK?

THAT'S A MUSIC BOX

MUSIC BOX

YEP

IT BELONGS TO A CUSTOMER THAT

I JUST RECENTLY REPAIRED

WHO TAUGHT YOU HOW TO

MAKE CLOCKS IN GERMANY?

UH, IN GERMANY, YOU HAVE

TO GO TO AN APPRENTICESHIP

YOU HAVE TO FIND A

MASTER CLOCK MAKER

WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER WHO WILL

TAKE YOU ON, AS AN APPRENTICE

AND YOU HAVE TO SIGN

A CONTRACT WITH THEM

AND HOPEFULLY HE'S GOING

TO TEACH YOU THE TRADE

AND TEACH YOU EVERYTHING RIGHT

BUT YOU JUST LIKE

TOYS ON YOUR OWN?

I LOVE TOYS

YES, I ALWAYS HAD A FASCINATION

WITH UH, MECHANICAL TOYS

SHOW ME WHERE YOU WORK

AND WHAT YOU DO BACK HERE?

WOULD YOU?

COME ON, COME ON BACK

ALL RIGHT

OH YEAH, LET'S TAKE

A LOOK BACK...

YEAH, THIS IS WHERE...

THIS IS THE WORKINGS OF...

THE PLACE, HERE

IT'S THE PLACE

THIS IS WHERE YOU

DO MOST OF YOUR WORK

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT

ON THIS BENCH

YEAH, IT'S KIND OF

A LOW CHAIR, THERE

YEP

AND ALL THESE

PIECES OF CLOCKS

HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF CLOCKS

THAT YOU HAVE OUT HERE

WHAT EVER CAUSED YOU TO WANT

TO WORK ON CLOCKS, ANYWAY?

AS A TEEN-AGER,

I WAS...

IN GERMANY YOU HAVE

TO GO AFTER SCHOOL

TO... INTO AN

APPRENTICESHIP

AND THERE WERE SEVERAL

APPRENTICESHIPS OFFERED

AS A GOLDSMITH AND UH,

WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER

AND I GOT IN TOUCH UH,

WITH A MASTER WHO, UH

HAD AN APPRENTICESHIP OPEN

THERE FOR WATCH AND CLOCK MAKER

AND UH, I LIKED IT

AND HE DECIDED TO TAKE

ME ON AS AN APPRENTICE

AND THAT'S HOW

I GOT STARTED

THIS UH, FASCINATION

WITH MECHANICAL THINGS

WHAT KIND OF CLOCKS AND WATCHES

DO YOU LIKE TO WORK ON MOST?

THE MORE

COMPLICATED WATCH

THE HIGHER

GRADE WATCHES

ARE MORE JOY IT

IS TO GET IT BACK

IN GOOD WORKING ORDER

IF YOU SEE UH, OLD AMERICAN

RAILROAD WATCHES

POCKET WATCHES

THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL

PIECES OF ART

AND WHEN YOU SEE THE INSIDES,

YOU SEE UH, PLATES ON THE INSIDE

DECORATED BY AN OLD MASTER

THAT NOBODY EVER SEES

EXCEPT THE WATCHMAKER

WHO CAN TAKE IT APART

UH, THE SAME WITH CLOCKS

UH, EUROPEAN, MOSTLY

EUROPEAN CLOCKS

FRENCH-MADE, GERMAN-MADE,

ENGLISH-MADE

TELL US ABOUT YOUR

INTEREST IN TOYS

GROWING UP IN GERMANY,

WE HAVE A LOT WIND-UP TOYS

AND I THINK UH, ESPECIALLY THE

PRE-WAR AND POST-WAR TIMES

GERMANY WAS KNOWN FOR THEIR TOYS

MOST OF THEM WERE EXPORTED

IMPORTED INTO THE STATES

UH, THEY MADE BEAUTIFUL,

BEAUTIFUL TOYS

TODAY, WHEN YOU COME ACROSS

SOME OF THEM, UH...

YOU REMEMBER THOSE TOYS

AND UH, SOMETHING A LITTLE

NOSTALGIA, I WOULD SAY

TO TRY TO ACQUIRE SOME OF THE

TOYS THAT YOU HAD AS A CHILD

AFTER THOSE YEARS, MOST

OF THEM ARE IN BAD SHAPE

SO THAT'S HOW I GOT STARTED

IN COLLECTING OLD TOYS

AND UH, TRYING TO

GET THEM GOING AGAIN

WHAT ARE SOME OF

YOUR FAVORITE TOYS

AND MUSIC BOXES THAT

YOU'VE WORKED ON?

UH, FAVORITE TOYS...

I LOVE TRAINS

ESPECIALLY OLD

WIND UP TRAINS

UH, MUSIC BOXES

THE OLD SWISS-MADE ONES, THEY

ARE VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL

IS CHRISTMAS

DIFFERENT FOR YOU

BEING A CLOCK MAKER

AND A TOY MAKER

FOR ME, CHRISTMAS UH, HAS

A DIFFERENT MEANING THAN

I THINK, THAN THE

PEOPLE HAVE OVER HERE

GO UP... THE WHOLE CHRISTMAS

SEASON IS DIFFERENT IN GERMANY

AS AN ADULT, YOU DON'T PAY THAT

MUCH ATTENTION TO IT ANYMORE

BUT, BUT STILL I...

IT IS NOT AS UH, AS LOUD AND

COMMERCIALIZED IN GERMANY

AS IT IS HERE

OR AT LEAST IT WAS

NOT WHEN I GREW UP

AND THEY... IT IS,

IT'S QUIETER AND...

IT'S A FASCINATING

TIME FOR A CHILD

I STILL THINK IT'S

A FASCINATING TIME

FOR, FOR A CHILD

OLD MUSIC BOXES, YOU KNOW,

PLAY A LITTLE SWEETER TUNE

AT CHRISTMAS

THAN THEY DO ANY OTHER

TIME OF THE YEAR

HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?

IT'S A TIME OF THE

YEAR, I WILL SAY

THAT YOU, YOU PERCEIVE

SOMETHING DIFFERENT

THAN YOU DO DURING

THE REST OF THE YEAR

I MEAN UH, IF YOU

TAKE CHRISTMAS CANDY

IT EVENS TASTES BETTER

AT CHRISTMASTIME

THAN ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR

I THINK IT'S PRETTY

MUCH THE SAME AS MUSIC

MAYBE IT'S JUST ME

(Clocks ticking)

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU

MERRY CHRISTMAS

TO YOU

THANK YOU

GOOD TO SEE YOU

MERRY CHRISTMAS

HEY! MERRY CHRISTMAS

TO YOU-ALL

WHAT A NICE LOOKING WELCOMING

COMMITTEE THIS IS, HI

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU

YOU KNOW, WHAT

I LIKE TO DO

LET'S GO IN AND

SIT BY THE FIRE

AND TELL SOME

CHRISTMAS STORIES

WANT TO?

YEAH!

OKAY, LET'S GO

YOU HAVE ANY

COOKIES IN HERE?

YEAH

DO YOU?

GOT ANY MILK?

GOOD

(Music playing)

THIS IS ABOUT THE NIGHT

THAT SANTA CLAUS CAME

WHEN SOMEONE ABOUT YOUR AGE

WAS WAITING FOR SANTA CLAUS

'TWAS THE NIGHT

BEFORE CHRISTMAS

WHEN ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE

NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING

NOT EVEN A MOUSE

THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG

BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE

IN HOPES THAT SAINT NICHOLAS

SOON WOULD BE THERE

THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED

ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS

WHILE VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS

DANCED IN THEIR HEADS

AND MAMA IN HER KERCHIEF

AND I IN MY CAP

HAD JUST SETTLED OUR BRAINS

FOR A LONG WINTER'S NAP

WHEN OUT ON THE LAWN THERE

AROSE SUCH A CLATTER

I SPRANG FROM MY BED

TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER

AWAY TO THE WINDOW

I FLEW LIKE A FLASH

TORE OPEN THE SHUTTERS

AND THREW UP THE SASH

THE MOON ON THE BREAST

OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW

GAVE THE LUSTER OF MIDDAY

TO OBJECTS BELOW

WHEN WHAT TO MY WONDERING

EYES SHOULD APPEAR

BUT A MINIATURE SLEIGH

AND EIGHT TINY REINDEER

WITH A LITTLE OLD DRIVER

SO LIVELY AND QUICK

I KNEW IN A MOMENT IT

MUST BE SAINT NICK

MORE RAPID THAN EAGLES

HIS COURSERS THEY CAME

AND HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED

AND CALLED THEM BY NAME

NOW DASHER, NOW DANCER,

NOW PRANCER AND VIXEN

ON COMET, ON CUPID,

ON DONNER AND BLITZEN

TO THE TOP OF THE PORCH

TO THE TOP OF THE WALL

NOW DASH AWAY, DASH

AWAY, DASH AWAY ALL

AS DRY LEAVES THAT BEFORE

THE WILD HURRICANE FLY

WHEN THEY MEET WITH AN

OBSTACLE MOUNT TO THE SKY

SO UP TO THE HOUSETOP,

THE COURSERS THEY FLEW

WITH THE SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS

AND SAINT NICHOLAS, TOO

AND THEN IN A TWINKLING

I HEARD ON THE ROOF

THE PRANCING AND PAWING

OF EACH LITTLE HOOF

AS I DREW IN MY HEAD

AND WAS TURNING AROUND

DOWN THE CHIMNEY SAINT

NICHOLAS CAME WITH A BOUND

WHY HE WAS DRESSED ALL IN FUR,

FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FOOT

AND HIS CLOTHES WERE ALL

TARNISHED WITH ASHES AND SOOT

A BUNDLE OF TOYS HE

HAD FLUNG ON HIS BACK

AND HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDDLER

JUST OPENING HIS PACK

HIS EYES HOW THEY TWINKLED

HIS DIMPLES HOW MERRY

HIS CHEEKS WERE LIKE ROSES

HIS NOSE LIKE A CHERRY

HIS DROLL LITTLE MOUTH

WAS DRAWN UP IN A BOW

AND THE BEARD ON HIS CHIN

WAS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW

THE STUMP OF A PIPE HE

HELD TIGHT IN HIS TEETH

AND THE SMOKE IT

ENCIRCLED HIS HEAD

LIKE A WREATH

HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND

A LITTLE ROUND BELLY

THAT SHOOK WHEN HE LAUGHED

LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY

HE WAS CHUBBY AND PLUMP,

A RIGHT JOLLY OLD ELF

AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW HIM

IN SPITE OF MYSELF

A WINK OF HIS EYE AND

A TWIST OF HIS HEAD

SOON GAVE ME TO KNOW

I HAD NOTHING TO DREAD

HE SPOKE NOT A WORD BUT

WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORK

AND FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS,

THEN TURNED WITH A JERK

AND LAYING HIS FINGER

ASIDE OF HIS NOSE

AND GIVING A NOD, UP

THE CHIMNEY HE ROSE

HE SPRANG TO HIS SLEIGH,

TO THE TEAM GAVE A WHISTLE

AND AWAY THEY ALL FLEW

LIKE THE DOWN OF A THISTLE

BUT I HEARD HIM EXCLAIM

AS HE DROVE OUT OF SIGHT

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL

AND TO ALL, A GOOD NIGHT

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU-ALL

I HOPE SANTA CLAUS LEAVES

SOMETHING IN YOUR STOCKINGS

ON CHRISTMAS EVE

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU-ALL

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(Music playing)

[Closed captioning

by the KET Caption Center]

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[from the Honorable Order

of Kentucky Colonels]

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The Lexington Lions Club]

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Deutsch Foundation]