2007-12-10 09:43:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
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.
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 my 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 lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When what to my wondering eye 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 Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch!To the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away, dash away!
Dash away! Dash away, dash away!
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 head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney he 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 on 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, as he drove out of sight,
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to all! (8x
2007-12-10 09:49:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I saw another railway related one which began: "Twas the night before Christmas at Liverpool Street Not a creature was stirring, not a tramp on a seat..." About Christmas closures on the East Anglia main line.
2016-05-22 22:13:07 · answer #2 · answered by delphine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cat which crapped on the carpet,And crept out again.
2007-12-10 09:50:03 · answer #3 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A hairy monstrosity from 'neath Lord Wetherby's y-fronts.
2007-12-10 09:47:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Nicolas! :P
-Sport Stud's Friend
2007-12-10 09:49:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Burgular?
2007-12-10 09:47:15 · answer #6 · answered by Denis R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a mite. as nervous as nervous can be.
twas in santa's beard, which hadn't been sheared
it came from the mrs. last night.
2007-12-10 09:53:38 · answer #7 · answered by racer 51 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crept !
No, I don't think so.
Not crept.
Staggered in.
Can of lager in hand, singing loudly,
waking me up.
Then saying. "Fancy a curry babes".
2007-12-10 10:00:59 · answer #8 · answered by Blonde hootie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dad in a Santa suit.
2007-12-10 09:52:42 · answer #9 · answered by Kirsty P 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The best answer is by Love_Lik... I can't beat it. Everyone else who answered this is a complete weirdo.
2007-12-10 14:23:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋