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The Night Before Christmas 5

A Visit from St. Nicholas

By Clement Clarke Moore

'Twas 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 our brains for a long
winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a
clatter,
I sprang from my bed to see what was
His eyes—how they twinkled! his
the matter. dimples, how merry! Biblical Christmas Card
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like Messages & Wishes
Tore open the shutters and threw up the
a cherry!
sash.
His droll little mouth was drawn up like
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen Today in the town of David a Savior has
a bow,
snow, been born to you: he is Christ the Lord.
And the beard on his chin was as white
Gave a lustre of midday to objects below, ~ Luke 2:11
as the snow;
When what to my wondering eyes did
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his
appear, We have seen His star in the East, and have
teeth,
But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny come to worship Him.
rein-deer, And the smoke, it encircled his head like ~ Matthew 2:2
a wreath;
With a little old driver so lively and
He had a broad face and a little round
quick, For unto us a child is born...
belly
I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick. ~ Isaiah 9:6
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl
More rapid than eagles his coursers they
full of jelly.
came, And suddenly there was the angel,
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly
And he whistled, and shouted, and called a multitude of the heavenly host,
old elf,
them by name: praising God and saying:
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now “Glory to God in the highest.”
Prancer and Vixen! of myself; ~ Luke 2:13
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donner and
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to
Blitzen! The Song of the Angels:
dread;
To the top of the porch! to the top of the “Glory to God in the highest
He spoke not a word, but went straight to
wall! and on earth, Peace.”
his work,
Now dash away! dash away! dash away ~ Luke 2:14
And filled all the stockings; then turned
all!"
with a jerk,
As leaves that before the wild hurricane And there were shepherds out in the field,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
fly, And giving a nod, up the chimney he keeping watch by night.
When they meet with an obstacle, mount And an angel of the Lord appeared to them,
rose;
to the sky; and the glory of the Lord shone around them.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave
So up to the housetop the coursers they ~ Luke 2:8:9
a whistle,
flew
And away they all flew like the down of
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. “She shall bring forth a son,
a thistle.
Nicholas too— and thou shall call His name Jesus;
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the for He shall save His people from their sins.”
out of sight—
roof ~ Matthew 1:21
“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a
The prancing and pawing of each little
hoof. good night!”[] “Behold...
As I drew in my head, and was turning For The VERY BEST of I bring you good tidings of great joy.”
around, ~ Luke 2:10
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