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`` I propose to celebrate the return of the real Tom Gray , '' announced Mrs. Gray , `` by sending my boys and girls off on a sleighing party this afternoon . The big old sleigh holds exactly eight . Reddy , you may drive , since the roads are so familiar to you . You must all be back at six o'clock , for , remember , to-night we decorate the Christmas tree and every girl freshman in Oakdale High School must have a present on it . '' Just after lunch , therefore , after a hard morning 's work over Mrs. Gray 's `` surprise , '' the young people bundled into the big side-seated sleigh , and tucked the buffalo robes tightly around them . The horses snorted in the crisp , dry air ; there was a jingle of merry sleigh bells as off they started down the street toward the open country . Jingle bells , jingle bells , Jingle all the way .