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Subject: [Christmas_all_year] VINTAGE VERSE: "Teddy Bear Blue" by Ruby Waters Erdelen
VINTAGE VERSE: "Teddy Bear Blue" by Ruby Waters Erdelen
from the IDEALS Christmas Magazine 1963
Up at the North Pole one cold Christmas Eve
Santa was busy preparing to leave.
Eight little brown reindeer were hitched to the sleigh
And Santa was anxious to be on his way.
All the brownies and elves who make Christmas toys
Were packing the gifts for good girls and boys.
But one lonely toy had been hidden from view,
A poor teddy bear with his fur, colored blue.
They made him all wrong, his sad eyes looked down,
You see, one eye was blue and the other was brown.
"Who would want such a gift?" said the toymaker elf,
"We will just leave him here, put him back on the shelf."
Teddy Bear wanted a friend all his own,
Now he was scared he'd be left all alone.
Then Santa called out, "Get more toys for this run!
My list is so long I'll need every last one!"
The elves hurried back, snatched Teddy from hiding,
Tossed him on the sleigh where soon he'd be riding.
One leg was sticking out as though he might fall
Hardly made Teddy feel wanted at all.
There wasn't a moment to set him up right,
Santa climbed in and the reindeer took flight.
Prettily prancing they sped through the snow,
The sleigh skimming roof-tops swayed to-and-fro,
And all through the night Santa kept on his route,
Delivering toys till he almost ran out.
At last Santa stopped by the light of the moon,
He went over his list and he said, "Very soon
I must find a place for this blue teddy bear
But his eyes are so sad, I wonder just where."
There was just one house left so Santa Claus knew
This must be the place to leave Teddy Bear Blue.
In this house lived six children, three large and three small,
It would take many gifts to remember them all.
Santa moved softly, he made not a sound
Unloading toys, then he spread them around.
He left bicycles, roller skates, dolls and toy dishes,
Tin soldiers and games to suit everyone's wishes.
And Teddy Bear Blue with his beady-eyed stare
Was left under the tree in a small rocking chair.
As Santa went out in the wintery chill
Toys waited patiently, silent and still.
Soon the children awoke and shouting with glee
They hurried downstairs to look under the tree.
Three big boys came first, passed Teddy right by,
Bicycles and skates they were anxious to try.
Two little girls then came looking around,
One found a doll, the other just frowned;
Claimed the red ball, gave Teddy one look,
Then turned to toy dishes and a coloring book.
Teddy Bear Blue felt lonely and sad,
Nobody chose him - what a Christmas he had!
He sat there staring with his brown and blue eyes
And wished that he knew how a teddy bear cries.
A curly-haired boy just going on three
Came running downstairs and Teddy could see
Him searching for toys, few were left there,
He came straight toward the small rocking chair.
"Hello!" said the boy. "Did Santa bring you?
You're just what I wanted, my Teddy Bear Blue!"
He grabbed Teddy up as quick as a wink
And hugged him so tightly he just couldn't think.
But his bright button eyes were shining with joy
And he gave all his love to this curly-haired boy.
Old Santa had finished his work for the year
And started back home with his trusty reindeer.
But when children are sleeping all cozy and warm
Can you guess who's resting on somebody's arm?
Snuggled close to the boy looking ever so wise
Is Teddy Bear Blue with his brown and blue eyes.
