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Jingle bells

Dashing through the snow
In a one-horse open sleigh
Through the fields we go
Laughing all the way.
Bells on bob-tail ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to ride and sing
A sleighing song tonight.

Chorus:...

Holiday of Saint Nicolae

Saint Nicolae is the spiritual patriarch in Holland, Russia, Greece, France and in a lot of cities from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. He is known as the protector of poor people, sailors, tradesmen,...

Luke had it before,
Paul had it behind.
Doctor Lowell had it before and behind,
And twice as bad as before.
Miss Gallager had it twice in the middle,
Before she was married.
Girls have it,
Boys do not.
It is in life,
But not in...

Santa Claus is coming to town

I just came back from a lovely trip along the Milky Way.
I stopped off at the North Pole to spend a holiday.
I called on dear old Santa Claus to see what I could see.
He took me to his workshop and told his...

Ring little bell

Ring, little bell, ringalingaling!
Ring, little bell, ring!
Let me in, you kids!
So cold is the winter!
Open the doors for me!
Don t let me freeze!
Ring, little bell, ringalingaling!
Ring, little bell, ring!...

There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.

Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald, yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.

A neighbor's hen looks as big as a goose, and his wife as young as a girl.

It is easier to watch over one hundred fleas than one young girl.

For tender almonds go to Aragona, to see beautiful young girls go to Favara.

A sick person can eat a fig that's ringed with a crown; the burgisotta fig is a treat for the girl.

When we all do as we please, all the food is eaten and all the girls will be maiden.