The Night Before Christmas-and Other Holiday Tales

"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 down 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