Merry Christmas, you card-collecting bastards.
A Visit from St. Nicholas
by Red Cardboard via Clement Clarke Moore
'Twas the night before
Not a creature was
The stockings were hung by the chimney with
The children were nestled all
While visions of sugar
And Mama in her 'kerchief, and I in my
Had just settled our
...for a long winter's nap —
When out on the lawn there arose such a
I
...from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I
...like a flash,
...open the shutters, and threw up the sash.
The
...on the breast of the new fallen snow,
Gave the luster of
...to objects below;
When, what to my wondering eyes should
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny
With a little old driver, so
...and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be
More rapid than
...his coursers they came,
And he
...and shouted, and call'd them by name:
"Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer and
"On! Comet, on! Cupid, on!
...and Blitzen;
"To the top of the porch! To the top
"Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away
As dry
...that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to
So up to the house-top the coursers
With the sleigh full of toys — and
...too:
And then in a
...I heard on the roof
The
...and pawing of each little hoof.
As I
...in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney
...came with a bound:
He was
...all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all
...with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys was
...on his back,
And he look'd like a peddler just opening his
His eyes — how they twinkled! His dimples: how
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a
His
...little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as
...as the snow;
The
...of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a
He had a broad face, and a little
That shook when he laugh'd, like
...full of jelly:
He was chubby and plump, a
...jolly old elf,
And I laugh'd when I saw him in
...of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of
Soon gave me to know I had
...to dread.
He spoke not
...but went straight to his work,
And fill'd all the stockings; then turn'd with
And laying his finger aside of his
And giving a nod, up the chimney
He sprung to
...to his team gave a whistle,
And
...they all flew, like the down of a thistle:
But I heard him exclaim, ere
...out of sight —
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a
...for a long winter's nap —
When out on the lawn there arose such a
Away to the window I
The
Gave the luster of
When, what to my wondering eyes should
I knew in a moment it must be
And he
"Now! Dasher, now! Dancer, now! Prancer and
...and Blitzen;
"To the top of the porch! To the top
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to
And then in a
The
As I
Down the chimney
He was
And his clothes were all
A bundle of toys was
And he look'd like a peddler just opening his
And the beard of his chin was as
The
And the smoke it encircled his head like a
He was chubby and plump, a
And I laugh'd when I saw him in
A wink of his eye and a twist of
He spoke not
And fill'd all the stockings; then turn'd with
...to his team gave a whistle,
And
...they all flew, like the down of a thistle:
But I heard him exclaim, ere
Happy Christmas to all, and to all a
Go Reds.
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