The Marine And The Christmas Doll
The holidays were upon us
and the spirit of Christmas in the air
And a little girl named Suzi
would stop by the store windows and stare
She spotted a beautiful doll
with golden hair in ribbons and bows
And a blue satin dress
that was so long it almost covered her toes
Each day she would stop by the window
and make sure it was there
She dreamed of one day holding this doll
but her family was poor
and didn't have the money to spare
One day the school took all the kids
on a field trip to the mall
To see Santa and tell him their wishes
Suzi wanted to talk to him most of all
She dined on cookies and egg nog
while she patiently waited in line
Then,finally,it came her turn
and up on St Nick's lap she climbed
He greeted her with,'Ho Ho Ho'
and 'What would you like Santa to bring you,my dear'
She asked him to bring her mother happiness
and for daddy to be able to get a job next year
and before she forgot this sweet little tot said,
'Could you please bring my brother a basketball'
Santa touched by her unselfishness asked,
'and what would you like'
Suzi told him about the doll
Later that night he thought about Suzi
he couldn't get her out of his mind
He thought about how disappointed
she would be on Christmas morn
so he went on a mission to find
This doll Suzi told him about
with golden hair in ribbons and bows
the one with the blue satin dress
that almost covered her toes
In the frost bit night
he went to every store in town
he searched for this doll
in the blue satin dress untill he finally found
A window with a sign that read
two days left and everything must go
In the store was the doll
just like Suzi had described
with golden hair in ribbons and bows
So he purchased the doll and saw a box
That read for needy children
donate a toy for tots
and he placed the special doll inside with a note
On the doll he scrolled her address
and put 'for Suzi' in quotes
The next day Suzi stopped by the store
she was saddend by what she saw
A teddy bear was in the display window
where once sat the doll
Soon it was Christmas eve
she took her fingers and traced a doll
on the frosted window pane
When through the snow
she saw someone coming up the lane
It wasen't Santa Claus
for he was much to skinny to be
And he wasen't wearing a red suit
and was dressed too formally
He was carrying packages
and a great big box
when the next thing she heard
were three loud knocks
Her mother answered the door
and in walked a Marine
With a cooked goose and apple pie
her mother thought this was a dream
He handed out the presents he brought
and gave her brother a basketball
He talked with Suzi's dad about a job
then walked over to Suzi
and gave her the doll
She was so happy and held the doll tight
if only that person who donated that toy
Could have only seen Suzi's dimpled smile
and how they had brought her so much joy
Suzi couldn't believe how all her wishes had came true
And her family had a Merry Christmas after all
brought to them by someone just like you
So the next time when you are Christmas shopping
and you happen to come across a box
Remember Suzi's smile when she saw that doll
and donate a toy for tots.
