The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.Īs I drew in my hand, and was turning around,ĭown the chimney St. Nicholas too.Īnd then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”Īs dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONNER and BLITZEN! “Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN! More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,Īnd he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name With a little old driver, so lively and quick, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,īut a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads Īnd mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, The children were nestled all snug in their beds, The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house We share the poem with all our website readers. The students and teachers listened to R Plumridge and Mr Sparks read this famous poem. There is certainly a festive feel to the book and whether reading a bedtime story is a tradition that has been going for years or this is the first year of doing it, you can’t go wrong with the most festive poem there is and sharing the joy of Christmas.Ī truly amazing book that will be treasured for many years to come.The Drop Down and Read Event in GMS this week was a reading of the poem by Clement Clarke Moore, ‘Twas the night before Christmas. The illustrations are full-page with the wording written in cream boxes in or at the side of the images. This hardback edition is roughly A4 size but opens in landscape. They have a wonderful Victorian feel to then, my favourite era, and capture the words of Clement C.
They take you back in time to an era before technology to a simpler and more relaxed place. The pages are glossy, the illustrations quite dark, and yet they radiate from the page. Lynch has added his glorious drawings to the poem to create this beautiful book. It has stood the test of time and now in 2021 artist P.J. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas is a poem that I remember being read to me as a little girl and one that I read to my children when they were younger too.
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