a.  Hands held straight up so tips of fingers point toward
    ceiling.

    b.  Touch palm of hand with thumb, bring it back quickly.

    c, d, e, f.  Repeat b with 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th fingers.

    g.  Double the hand up.

    h.  Place the doubled-up hand on the back of the other.

    i.  Lift thumb and hold it up.

    j.  Lift 1st finger.

    k.  Lift 2d finger.

    l.  Lift 3d finger.

    m.  Lift 4th finger.

n.  Hold hands in a listless way, with tips of fingers pointing toward floor for two first lines, and let the fingers gently swing.  Near the close of the verse make the fingers still and rigid and hold them close together.

    o.  Have hands doubled up and held so that the child’s eyes
    can look down upon the palm or the hand and see the nails of
    the four fingers—­thumb out of sight.

    p.  Let fingers fly up quickly

q.  Hold left hand as in a.  Use the index finger of the right hand as a match, scratching it on the palm of the left hand and lighting the tips of each finger as if the fingers were candles.

    r.  Make a circle of a thumb and index finger of the right
    hand and slip it on and off each finger on the left hand.

    s.  Bunch fingers of left hand together so they can all touch
    the tips of the thumb and form an opening for the window.

    t.  Bring the fingers of the right hand near and let them be
    boys and girls peeping in.

    u.  Double up hands, but instead of having thumb inside, let
    it stand straight up to be a tower.

    v.  Snap the fingers of one hand, then of the other.

    w.  Point far away with index finger.

    x.  Point toward an imaginary star.

    y.  Hold up the three middle fingers.)

  Chimneys standing in a row, (a)
  Down each one will Santa go. 
  He goes down one, comes back alive, (b)
  And then tries two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) and five. (f)

  Santa has a wondrous pack, (g)
  This he carries on his back; (h)
  From it he takes candies, (i) drums, (j)
  Dolls, (k) books, (l) trumpets, (m) when he comes.

  Near the chimney stockings swing,
  What to them will Santa bring? 
  All of them I’m sure he’ll fill,
  Make them round and stiff and still. (n)

  Morning kisses curly heads
  Lying snugly in their beds, (o)
  O how quickly they hop out, (p)
  Seizing stockings with a shout!

  On the hemlock and the pine,
  Light the candles, make them shine; (q)
  String the rows of corn so white (r)
  ’Mong the gifts and tinsels bright.