nearly midnight
`` I would not want to be up in that bleak North Pole Land , unless I were with Santa Claus , and of course one can not stay long in his workshop . I think I shall have much more fun here . There is so much light and happiness . '' It was nearly midnight when Mr. Mugg and his daughters finished unpacking the toys . All about the floor wrapping paper and the covers of boxes were scattered . The toys , as they were taken out of the case , had been set on shelves about the room . `` This will be enough for to-night , '' said the toy-dealer after a while .