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)
(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
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
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")
(Singing "Come All Ye Faithful")
(Singing "Come All Ye Faithful")
(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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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
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!
YEAH!
YEAH!
OKAY, LET'S GO
YOU HAVE ANY
COOKIES IN HERE?
YEAH
DO YOU?
GOT ANY MILK?
GOOD
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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
FROM THE STAFF
OF KENTUCKY LIFE
GOOD NIGHT
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