Question

A Christmas wish by Eugene Field

Answer 1

A Christmas Wish

by Eugene Field

I'd like a stocking made for a giant,

And a meeting house full of toys;

Then I'd go out on a happy hunt

For the poor little girls and boys;

Up the street and down the street,

And across and over the town,

I'd search and find them every one,

Before the sun went down.

One would want a new jack-knife

Sharp enough to cut;

One would long for a doll with hair,

And eyes that open and shut;

One would ask for a china set

With dishes all to her mind;

One would wish a Noah's ark

With beasts of every kind.

Some would like a doll cook-stove

And a little toy wash tub;

Some would prefer a little drum,

For a noisy rub-a-dub;

Some would wish for a story book,

And some for a set of blocks;

Some would be wild with happiness

Over a new tool-box.

And some would rather have little shoes,

And other things warm to wear,

For many children are very poor,

And the winter is hard to bear;

I'd buy soft flannels for little frocks,

And a thousand stockings or so,

And the jolliest little coats and cloaks,

To keep out the frost and snow.

I'd load a wagon with caramels

And candy of every kind,

And buy all the almond and pecan nuts

And taffy that I could find;

And barrels and barrels of oranges

I'd scatter right in the way,

So the children would find them the very first thing,

When they wake on Christmas day.