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Santa Claus Quotes

24 of the best book quotes from Santa Claus
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“They are gathering at the center of the city . . . That is where Santa will give the first gift of Christmas.”
Chris Van Allsburg
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The Polar Express
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The Conductor (Polar Express)
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gifts
christmas
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He stood, holding the bell high above him, and called out, “The first gift of Christmas!”
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On Christmas eve, many years ago, I lay quietly in my bed. I did not rustle the sheets. I breathed slowly and silently. I was listening for a sound—a sound a friend had told me I’d never hear—the ringing bells of Santa’s sleigh.
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“There is no Santa,” my friend had insisted, but I knew he was wrong.
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Santa shouted out the reindeer’s names and cracked his whip. His team charged forward and climbed into the air.
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“Found this on the seat of my sleigh. Fix that hole in your pocket.” Signed, “Mr. C.”
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What I wanted more than anything was one silver bell from Santa’s sleigh.
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Santa circled once above us, then disappeared in the cold, dark polar sky.
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I reached into my pocket, but the only thing I felt was a hole. I had lost the silver bell from Santa Claus’s sleigh.
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“Then he slid down the chimney, a rather tight pinch. But if Santa could do it, then so could the Grinch.”
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I shook the bell. It made the most beautiful sound my sister and I had ever heard.
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“I know just what to do!” The Grinch laughed in his throat. “I’ll make a quick Santy Claus hat and a coat.”
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“Oh, Mr. Edwards, thank you, thank you for going all the way to Independence to find Santa Claus for us.”
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“But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight— ‘Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!’ ”
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“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;”
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“The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;”
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“He had a broad face and a little round belly That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.”
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“When what to my wondering eyes did appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,”
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“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!’ ”
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“Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. 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 pedler just opening his pack.”
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“He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;”
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“So up to the housetop the coursers they flew With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too— And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.”
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“His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!”
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“With a little old driver so lively and quick, I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.”

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