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<\/p>\nMany Christmas songs are about or at least mention gift-giving, particularly to children. Some are even specific about it. Let’s see…<\/p>\n
“It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas”<\/u><\/p>\n
The lyrics:
\n“A pair of hopalong boots and a pistol that shoots
\nIs the wish of Barney and Ben
\nDolls that can talk and can go for a walk
\nIs the hope of Janice and Jen”<\/i><\/p>\n
So then…
\nGift for boys: Cowboy boots and a gun
\nGift for girls: Doll<\/p>\n
What else?<\/p>\n
“Up on the Housetop”<\/u><\/p>\n
The lyrics:
\n“First comes the stocking of little Nell
\nOh dear Santa fill it well
\nGive her a dolly that laughs and cries
\nOne that can open and shut her eyes.
\n…
\nNext comes the stocking of little Will
\nOh just see what a glorious fill
\nGive him a hammer with lots of tacks
\nA whistle and a ball and a whip that cracks.”<\/i><\/p>\n
So then…
\nGift for boy: Hammer, tacks, whistle, ball, whip.
\nGift for girl: Doll<\/p>\n
Moving on…<\/p>\n
“Run Rudolph Run”<\/u><\/p>\n
The lyrics:
\n“Said Santa to a boy child
\nWhat is it you’re longing for?
\nAll I want for Christmas is
\nA rock n roll electric guitar.
\n…
\nSaid Santa to a girl child
\nWhat would please you most to get?
\nA little baby doll
\nThat can cry, sleep, drink, and wet.”<\/i><\/p>\n
So then…
\nGift for boy: Guitar
\nGift for girl: Doll<\/p>\n
Okay, seeing a pattern here.<\/p>\n
“Jolly Old St Nicholas”<\/u><\/p>\n
The lyrics:
\n“Johnny wants a pair of skates
\nSuzy wants a dolly
\nNellie wants a story book
\nShe thinks dolls are folly.”<\/i><\/p>\n
So then…
\nGift for boy: Skates
\nGift for girls: Doll… and a book!<\/p>\n
Alright, so Nellie wants a story book, with the need to explain why she did not choose a doll. Whereas there was nothing saying that Suzy, or Johnny for that matter, considers books folly.<\/p>\n
Although, this song does have alternate lyrics to this verse:
\n“Johnny wants a pair of skates
\nSuzy wants a sled
\nNellie wants a picture book
\nYellow, blue, and red.”<\/i><\/p>\n
So then…
\nGift for boy: Skates
\nGift for girls: Sled and picture book.<\/p>\n
Hey, no doll! Suzy has decided sleds are more fun. Nellie, however, seems to have been downgraded to a picture book, one with specified colors for some reason. Perhaps this was a trade off. That, okay, no doll for either girl, and we’ll give Suzy an item for an actual winter activity much like Johnny’s skates, but in exchange, Nellie’s is a picture book now, because we can’t have a girl being too smart. <\/p>\n
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