Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 222
presents,but Pelznickel catchesthem by the collar andplayfully taps themwith his switch. IN PORTO RICO. The Porto Ricanboys and girls would CHF be frightened out of their wits if Santa Clausshould come to them in a sleigh drawn byreindeer and should try to enter the houses andfill their stockings.… … they make themselves. These they place onthe roofs and in the courtyards, and old SantaClaus drops the gifts into them as he fliesaround at night with his bag on his back. He is more generous in Porto Rico than heis anywhere else. He does not come on Christ-mas eve only, but is likely to call…
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