![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The moon, on the breast of the new-fallen snow, gave a luster 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. Away to the window I flew like a flash, tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of sugarplums danced in their heads and mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long winter nap when out on the law there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. '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. "The Night Before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore (1822): The now-classic tale was reportedly published by Moore's family friend, Miss Harriet Butler, in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel the following year. Nicholas" and was never meant for public consumption. Below in the beloved Christmas tale, "The Night Before Christmas." The original poem, written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1822, was reportedly originally titled "A Visit from St. ![]()
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