'Twas the night before Christmas and all the house Not a creature was stirring, not a mouse The stockings were hung by, the chimney with in hopes that St. Nicholas soon be there
The children were all nestled, all snug in their while Visions of sugarplums danced in their
And in her kerchief and I in my cap Had just settled for a long winter's nap When out on the lawn there arose such a I sprang my bed to see what was the matter!
Away to the window, I flew like a Tore open the shutters and threw up the
The moon on the of the new fallen snow Gave the luster of midday to objects When to my wandering eyes should appear But a miniature sleigh and tiny reindeer!
With a ol' driver so lively and quick I in a moment, it must be St. Nick!
More than eagles, his courses they came As he whistled and shouted and called them by Now Dasher, now Dancer, now Prancer and 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 meet with an obstacle mount sky So up to the housetop the they flew With a full of toys and St. Nicholas too
And then in a twinkling I on the roof The prancing and of each little hoof
I drew in my head and was turning around Down the chimney St. Nicholas with a bound He was dressed all in fur his head to his foot And his clothes were all tarnished with and soot
A of toys, he sprung on his back And he looked a, a peddler just opening his pack
His eyes how they twinkled, his dimples how His were like roses, his nose like a cherry His drawl little was drawn up like a bow And the of his chin was as white as the snow
The of a pipe, he held tight in his teeth And the it circled his head like a wreath
He had a broad little face and a, a little belly That shook he laughed like a bowl full of jelly He was chubby and plump, and a, a jolly old elf I laughed when I saw him in of myself
A of his eye and a twist of his head gave me to know I had nothing to dread
He spoke not a but went straight to his work And filled all the stockings, and then turned a jerk An' laying a aside side 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 Christmas to all, Merry to all And to all a