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Hint
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Answer
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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the ____,
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house
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Not a ____ was stirring, not even a mouse;
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creature
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The stockings were hung by the _____with care,
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chimney
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In hopes that St. _____ soon would be there;
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Nicholas
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The children were nestled all ___ in their beds,
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snug
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While ____ of sugar plums danc'd in their heads,
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visions
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And Mama in her ____, and I in my cap,
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kerchief
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Had just settled our ____for a long winter's nap-
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brains
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When out on the ____ there arose such a clatter,
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lawn
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I sprang from the bed to see what was the ____.
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matter
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Away to the ____ I flew like a flash,
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window
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Tore open the shutters, and threw up the ____.
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sash
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The moon on the _____ of the new fallen snow,
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breast
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Gave the lustre of mid-day to _______ below;
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objects
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When, what to my _____ eyes should appear,
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wondering
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But a minature _____, and eight tiny rein-deer,
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sleigh
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With a little old ____ , so lively and quick,
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driver
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I knew in a ______ it must be St. Nick.
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moment
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More rapid than eagles his ____ they came,
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coursers
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And he _______, and shouted, and call'd them by name:
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whistled
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"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now _____ and Vixen,
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Prancer
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"On, Comet! on ____! on Dunder and Blixem!
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Cupid
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"To the top of the _____! to the top of the wall!
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porch
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"Now dash away! dash away! dash away ___!"
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all
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As dry ______ before the wild hurricane fly,
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leaves
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When they meet with an obstacle, _____ to the sky;
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mount
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So up to the house-top the coursers they ____,
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flew
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With the sleigh full of ____- and St. Nicholas too:
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toys
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Hint
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Answer
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And then in a twinkling, I heard on the ____
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roof
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The prancing and pawing of each little ____.
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hoof
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As I drew in my ____, and was turning around,
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head
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Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a _____:
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bound
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He was dress'd all in ___, from his head to his foot,
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fur
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And his clothes were all tarnish'd with _____and soot;
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ashes
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A bundle of toys was _____ on his back,
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flung
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And he look'd like a ______ just opening his pack:
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peddler
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His eyes - how they twinkled! his ______ how merry,
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dimples
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His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a _____;
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cherry
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His _____ little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
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droll
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And the _____ of his chin was as white as the snow;
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beard
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The stump of a ____ he held tight in his teeth,
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pipe
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And the smoke it encircled his head like a _____.
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wreath
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He had a broad face, and a little round _____
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belly
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That shook when he laugh'd, like a bowl full of _____:
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jelly
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He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old ___,
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elf
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And I laugh'd when I saw him in _____ of myself;
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spite
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A wink of his eye and a _____ of his head
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twist
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Soon gave me to know I had nothing to _____.
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dread
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He _____ not a word, but went straight to his work,
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spoke
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And fill'd all the stockings; then turn'd with a ____,
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jerk
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And laying his finger _____of his nose
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aside
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And giving a ___, up the chimney he rose.
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nod
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He sprung to his sleigh, to his team gave a _______,
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whistle
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And away they all flew, like the ____of a thistle:
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down
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But I heard him ______, ere he drove out of sight-
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exclaim
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_____Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
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Happy
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