Christmas

New Guinea Christmas

Please, please Santa Claus, Keep us on the list, Please, dear Santa Claus, Be sure we won't he missed.

We live in a valley, And the strip's rather small It’s ivet in December, And the mountains are tall.

There's Betty and Jennifer And me (I’m four), We hope you’ll remember But we can’t be sure.

We haven’t seen the city, Or the shops to wander through, We haven’t seen a Santa To give our letter to.

We haven’t seen the silver That glitters in each store: And we can’t show our treasures To a kid next door.

It’s rather different weather, But I’d still like to say, That six a.m., the twenty-fifth, Is still Christmas Day.

Noelle Mason.

Bougainville.