<p>This campy story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman was published in The Children&#39;s Book of Christmas Stories in 1913. It&#39;s about a kind young girl, a lonely scarecrow, and Santa&#39;s proposal for a new job scaring off polar explorers.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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