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'Twas the night before Christmas
"Night before Christmas"
(The Nutcracker Suite by Peter Tchaikovsky)
'Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a mouse.
All the stockings were hung
By the chimney with care,
In the hope that St. Nicholas
Soon would be there.
Then what to my
Wondering eyes should appear,
A miniature sleign and eight tiny reindeer.
A little old driver so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
And more rapid than eagles
His reindeer all came,
As he shouted "On Dasher"
And each reindeer's name,
And so up to the house top
The reindeer soon flew,
With the sleighs full of toys
And St. Nicholas too.
Down the chimney he came
With a leap and a bound.
He was dressed all in fur
And his belly was round.
He spoke not a word
But went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings;
And turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger
Up the side of his nose,
Then giving a nod
And up the chimney he rose;
But I heard him say
As he drove out of sight,
"Merry Christmas to all
And to all a good night!"
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