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    The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children
    The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children
    The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children
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    The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children

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    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children - Various Various

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Night Before Christmas and Other

      Popular Stories For Children, by Various

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children

      Author: Various

      Release Date: August 18, 2004 [EBook #13213]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ***

      Produced by Sandra Brown, the Online Distributed Proofreading Team,

      and The Internet Archive Children's Library

      Transcriber's Note: The Table of Contents was added by the transcriber.

      THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

      AND OTHER POPULAR STORIES FOR CHILDREN

      HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED

      COPYRIGHT. 1903, BY W. B. CONKEY COMPANY

      CHICAGO

      W. B. CONKEY COMPANY

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

      THE NIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS.

      SANTA CLAUS DOES NOT FORGET.

      THE FAIRY CHRISTMAS.

      THE BALL GAME.

      CHRISTMAS DAY.

      THE DOLLS' CHRISTMAS PARTY.

      GRANDMA'S CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

      MAMA'S HAPPY CHRISTMAS.

      THE CHRISTMAS CAROL OF THE BIRDS.

      A TURKEY FOR ONE.

      LITTLE CHRISTMAS CAROLLERS.

      WHAT HAPPENED CHRISTMAS EVE.

      SUSY'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

      SANTA CLAUS'S LETTER.

      A RAGGED CHRISTMAS FEAST.

      The Night Before Christmas.

      'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,

      Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

      The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

      In the hope 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 the 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 midday to objects below—

      When what to my wondering eyes 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! Now, Vixen!

      On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Dunder and Blixen!

      To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall!

      Now, dash away! Dash away! Dash away! All!"

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