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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

Character set encoding: ASCII

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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

AND OTHER POPULAR STORIES FOR CHILDREN

HANDSOMELY ILLUSTRATED

COPYRIGHT. 1903, BY W. B. CONKEY COMPANY

CHICAGO

W. B. CONKEY COMPANY

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 FOE 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.