Night Before Christmas Pictures
The Night Before Christmas, aka A Visit from St. Nicholas - Pictures, Images, Illustrations This classic poem was first published as A Visit from St. Nicholas, but gradually renamed to 'Twas The Night Before Christmas and finally The Night Before Christmas after the first line in the text. Text, credited to Dr. Clement Clarke Moore, is in the public domain, so we can publish it in its complete form: 'Twas a night before Christmas, when all thro' the house Not a was curring, 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 sang in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads, And Mamma in her 'kerchief, sad 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 in the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash, ...