{"product_id":"2940013158153","title":"THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND OTHER POPULAR STORIES FOR CHILDREN","description":"'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house,\u003cbr\u003e  Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.\u003cbr\u003e  The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,\u003cbr\u003e  In the hope that St. Nicholas soon would be there.\u003cbr\u003e  The children were nestled all snug in their beds,\u003cbr\u003e  While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.\u003cbr\u003e  And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap,\u003cbr\u003e  Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,\u003cbr\u003e  I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.\u003cbr\u003e  Away to the window I flew like a flash,\u003cbr\u003e  Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.\u003cbr\u003e  The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow\u003cbr\u003e  Gave the lustre of midday to objects below--\u003cbr\u003e  When what to my wondering eyes should appear\u003cbr\u003e  But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  With a little old driver so lively and quick,\u003cbr\u003e  I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.\u003cbr\u003e  More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,\u003cbr\u003e  And he whistled and shouted and called them by name--\u003cbr\u003e  \"Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer! Now, Vixen!\u003cbr\u003e  On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Dunder and Blixen!\u003cbr\u003e  To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall!\u003cbr\u003e  Now, dash away! Dash away! Dash away! All!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly,\u003cbr\u003e  When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,\u003cbr\u003e  So up to the house-top the coursers they flew\u003cbr\u003e  With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas, too.\u003cbr\u003e  And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof\u003cbr\u003e  The prancing and pawing of each tiny hoof.\u003cbr\u003e  As I drew in my head, and was turning around,\u003cbr\u003e  Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,\u003cbr\u003e  And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;\u003cbr\u003e  A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,\u003cbr\u003e  And he looked like a pedlar just opening his pack.\u003cbr\u003e  His eyes--how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry!\u003cbr\u003e  His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry;\u003cbr\u003e  His droll little mouth was drawn up in a bow,\u003cbr\u003e  And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  [Illustration: THE REINDEER AND THE SLEIGH]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,\u003cbr\u003e  And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath.\u003cbr\u003e  He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,\u003cbr\u003e  And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself.\u003cbr\u003e  A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,\u003cbr\u003e  Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,\u003cbr\u003e  And filled all the stockings--then turned with a jerk,\u003cbr\u003e  And laying his finger aside of his nose,\u003cbr\u003e  And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147504566512,"sku":"2940013158153","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013158153_p0.jpg?v=1763577276","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013158153","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}