The Year without a Santa Claus Author:Phyllis McGinley Once upon a time Santa Claus - no one knows just when - decided he was tired. Why shouldn't he have a holiday? So just as his helpers were about to load the sleigh, he announced that he was not going to deliver presents that year. What consternation! Boys and girls all over the world wept and wailed and couldn't eat or sleep. Then one b... more »oy, Ignatius Thistlewhite, had an idea - a very good one. To find out what it was and how it was carried out and what happened, you must read Phyllis McGinley's enchanting, gay poem. Here is humor and wit, and underneath it all the true spirit of generosity for which Santa Cklus has always stood...« less