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Night
Before Christmas Game by Lisa Aschenbrenner
Give the guests a blank piece of paper and the holiday book. See
how well they remember The Night Before Christmas.
I
only picked items you can see by looking in the book since some may not
have the items to display. I
have listed some of the possible answers as well.
'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. Nicholas would soon be there.
The
children were nestled all snug in there 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 my 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!
More
rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And
he whistled and shouted and called them by name:
“Now,
Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On,
Comet! on Cupid! on, Doner and Blitzen!
To
the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now
dash away! dash away! dash away all!”
As
dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When
they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So
up to the housetop the coursers they flew,
with
a sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas, too.
And
then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The
prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As
I drew in my head and was turning around,
” Down
the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound:
He
was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,
And
his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A
bundle of toys he had lung on his back,
And
he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His
eyes how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His
cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry;
His
droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And
the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.
The
stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And
the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He
had a broad face and a little round belly
That
shook, when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.
He
was chubby and plump - a right jolly old elf:
And
I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A
wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
Soon
gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He
spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And
filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk,
And
laying his finger aside of his nose,
And
giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He
sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And
away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But
I heard him exclaim ere he drove out of sight,
Happy
Christmas to all, and
to all a good night!” By
Clement C. Moore
The
Answers
Night
- Tealight Globe
Christmas
- Tealight Globe “Father Christmas
house
- Haunted tealight house
mouse
- Harvest pumpkin house
hung
- Holiday wreath trio
chimney
- Bakery Carolers
St.
Nicholas -Tealight Globe
Children
- Enchantment Picture Frame
Sugar-plums
- Gingerbread house
danced
- Frolicking Frosty's
cap
- Snowbell tealight holder
lawn
- Harvest pumpkin house
window
- Haunted Tealight House
shutters
- Harvest pumpkin House
sash
- Harvest pumpkin house
moon
- Tealight Globe
snow
- Snowball Candle miniature
sleigh - Santa’s workshop eight
tiny
reindeer - Tealight Globe
little
old driver - Tealight Globe
St.
Nick - Old St. Nick holder
Dasher
- Tealight Globe
Dancer
- Tealight Globe
Prancer
- Tealight Globe
Vixen
- Tealight Globe
Comet
- Tealight Globe
Cupid
- Tealight Globe
Doner
- Tealight Globe
Blitzen
- Tealight Globe
leaves
- Della Robia Wreath
hurricane
- Hurricane Shade
sky
- Holiday Tealight Globe
housetop
- Haunted Tealight House
sleigh
full of toys - Holiday Tealight Globe
St.
Nicholas - Jolly Santa Holder
roof
- Gingerbread House
chimney
- Haunted Tealight House
St.
Nicholas - Santa Snuffer
bundle
of toys - Jolly Santa Holder
bow
- Deck the Halls Ring
white
- Snowball Candle
snow
- Holiday Tealight Globe
wreath
- Tuscan Harvest Wreath
bowlful
- Glass Pedestal Bowl
elf
- Santa’s Workshop
chimney
- Gingerbread House
sleigh
- Santa Sleigh Taper Holder
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