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It was the night before Christmas when
all through the house, not a creature
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was stirring, not even a mouse.
>> The stockings were hung by the chimney
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with care in hopes that St. Nicholas
soon would be there.
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» The children were nestled all snug in
their beds [music] while visions of
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sugar plums danced in their heads. And
mama and her kchief and I in my cap had
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just settled down [music] for a long
winter's nap.
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» When out on the lawn there arose such a
clatter, I sprang from my bed to see
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what was the matter.
>> Away to the window I flew like a flash,
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tore open the shutters and threw up
[music] the sash.
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» The moon on the breast of the new fallen
snow gave the luster of midday to
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objects below.
When, what, to my wondering eyes should
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appear but a miniature sleigh and a tiny
reindeer.
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» With a little old driver so lively and
quick, I knew in a moment it [music]
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must be Saint Nick. More rapid than
eagles his courses they came. And he
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whistled and shouted and called them by
name. Now Dasher, now Dancer, now
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Prrenon [music] and Vixen. on comet, on
cubit, on Donner and Blitzen.
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» To the top of the porch, to the top of
the wall. Now dash away, dash away, dash
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away all as dry [music] leaves that
before the wild hurricane fly. When they
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meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the housetop, the courses they
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flew, with the sleigh [music] full of
toys, and St. Nicholas, too.
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» And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the
roof the [music] prancing and pawing of
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each little hoof. As I drew in my head
and was turning around down the chimney,
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St. Nicholas [music] came with a bound.
He was dressed in all fur from his head
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to his foot, and his clothes were all
tarnished [music] with ashes and stood.
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A bundle of toys he had flung on his
back, and he looked like a peddler just
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opening his pack. His eyes, how they
twinkled, [music] his dimples, how
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merry. His cheeks were like roses, his
nose like a cherry. His droll little
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mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the
beard on his chin was as white as the
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snow.
>> The stump of a pipe he held tight in his
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teeth, and the smoke in his circle, his
head like a wreath. He had a broad face
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and a little round belly that shook when
he laughed like a bowl full of jelly.
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[music] He was a chubby and plump, a
right jolly old elf, [music] and I
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laughed when I saw him in spite of
myself. A wink of his eye, and a twist
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of his head, soon gave me to know I had
nothing to dread.
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» He spoke not a word, but went straight
to his work, and filled all the
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stockings, then turned with a jerk.
>> And laying his finger aside of his nose,
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and giving a nod, up the chimney he
rose. He sprang to his sleigh and to his
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team gave a whistle and away they all
flew like the down of a thistle.
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» But I heard him exclaim here. He drove
out of sight, "Merry Christmas to all
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and to all a good night." Merry
Christmas from your family here at West
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Colombia and happy new year.