An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

What Santa Claus Brought Me [from London Athenaeum]

O'Brien, Fitz-James. "What Santa Claus Brought Me [from London Athenaeum]." New York Saturday Press, December 25, 1858, 4.
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The speaker is mourning the loss of his love after being chased away by her father when she arrives at his door to bring joy to his Christmas Eve just as Santa Claus would bring joy to a child on this day.