'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Not a was stirring, not even a mouse The stockings hung by, the chimney with care in hopes that St. Nicholas would soon be
The children were all nestled, all snug in their beds Visions of sugarplums danced in their
And in her kerchief and I in my cap Had just settled down for a winter's nap When out on the there arose such a clatter I sprang from my bed to see was the matter!
to the window, I flew like a flash Tore open the shutters and threw up the
The on the breast of the new fallen snow the luster of midday to objects below When what to my wandering eyes appear But a miniature sleigh and tiny reindeer!
With a little ol' driver so lively and I in a moment, it must be St. Nick!
rapid than eagles, his courses they came As he whistled and shouted and called them by Now Dasher, now Dancer, now and Vixen On Comet, on Doner, an'
To the top of the porch, to the top of the Now dash-away, all
And as dry that before the wild hurricanes fly When they meet an obstacle mount sky So up to the housetop the they flew With a sleigh of toys and St. Nicholas too
And then in a I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each hoof
Ands I in my head and was turning around Down the chimney St. Nicholas with a bound He was all in fur from his head to his foot And his clothes were all with ashes and soot
A bundle of toys, he on his back And he looked like a, a peddler opening his pack
His how they twinkled, his dimples how merry His cheeks like roses, his nose like a cherry His little mouth was drawn up like a bow And the beard of his was as white as the snow
The stump of a pipe, he held tight in his And the smoke it circled his like a wreath
He had a little face and a, a little round belly That shook he laughed like a bowl full of jelly He was chubby and plump, and a, a right old elf I when I saw him in spite of myself
A wink of his eye and a of his head Soon gave me to know I had to dread
He spoke not a word but straight to his work And filled all the stockings, and turned with a jerk An' laying a finger aside his nose An' giving a nod up the he rose
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team a whistle An' away they all flew like the of a thistle
But I heard him exclaim as he drove out of Merry to all, Merry Christmas to all And to all a