"A partridge in a pear tree"
"Good tidings we bring to you and your kin, we wish you good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year"
"And heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and nature sing, and heav'n and heav'n and nature sing"
"Fa la la la la la la la la"
This novelty hit begins, "Christmas, Christmas time is near, time for toys and time for cheer"
This alternate name for old St. Nick came from the German for "Christ Child"
He first described Santa as "chubby and plump" & "a right jolly old elf"
Reportedly the Lapps were the first to depict Father Christmas with a sleigh drawn by these
St. Nick "had a broad face and a little round belly that shook, when he laughed, like" this
The poem refers to these as coursers, calling them by name