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The Night Before Christmas

 by Clement Clarke Moore


T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; 
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that ST. NICHOLAS soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. 

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the luster of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer.

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
 More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;

"Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN!
 On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONNER and BLITZEN!
 To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall!
 Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"

 As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
 When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
 As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

 He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly.

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;

 He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
 And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
 And laying his finger aside of his nose,
 And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,

"HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, 
AND TO ALL 
A GOOD-NIGHT."

 
Christmas
 Countdown
Santa's Prayer on Christmas Eve
The Christmas
  Spirit
Twas the Night 
Before Christmas
Christmas
Carols
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
Angels We Have
  Heard On High
Auld Lang Syne
Away In a Manger
Blue Christmas
Carol of the Bells
Chestnuts Roasting   on an Open Fire

Chipmunk Song

Christmas Rhapsody

Deck the Halls

Do You Hear
What I Hear
Frosty the
  Snowman
God Rest Ye
Merry Gentlemen

Grandma's Christmas

Happy  Christmas
Have Yourself A
  Merry Little
  Christmas

Hark! The Herald
  Angels Sing

Here Comes
Santa Claus
Holly Jolly Christmas

I Saw Mommy
  Kissing
  Santa Claus

I'll Be Home for
  Christmas

 It Came Upon a
Midnight Clear

It's Beginning to
Look a Lot Like
  Christmas

Jingle Bell Rock

Joy to the World

O Christmas Tree

O Holy Night

Oh Come All Ye Faithful

Rudolph The
Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rockin' Around
The Christmas Tree
Santa Claus Is
Coming To Town

Silent Night

Silver and Gold

Silver Bells

Sleigh Ride

The First Noel
The Little Drummer Boy

There Is No 
Place Like
 Home for the Holidays

Twelve Days of Christmas
Up On The Housetop
We Three Kings

What Child Is This

White Christmas

Winter Wonderland

Signature Woodworks

Kathryn C Kuenzel
WashingtonMO.com 
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01/15/2013

Date last updated: 01/15/2013

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