'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Andy Williams & Perry Como Lyrics

It was the night before Christmas
The night before Christmas when all of this happened

When all through the house
All was quiet throughout the entire house

Not a creature was stirring
Not even a mouse was making a noise

Not even a mouse
There wasn't a single sound in the house

The stockings all hung
With care, the stockings all were hung

By the chimney with care
The stockings were hung close to the chimney with great attention

In hopes that St. Nicholas
With the hope that St. Nicholas soon would appear

Soon would be there
He would arrive quickly

The children were nestled
Tucked in and protected, the children were fast asleep

All safe in their beds
The children were sleeping soundly in their beds

While visions of sugarplums
The sugarplums they imagined, danced through their heads

Danced in their heads
The sugarplums were vividly imagined in their heads

And Mom in her kerchief
And while Mom slept in her kerchief and

And I in my cap
I also slept with my cap on my head

Had just settled down
We had both just gone to bed for the night

For a long winter's nap
To get a good, long night's sleep

When out on the lawn
Suddenly, outside on the lawn

There arose such a clatter
I heard such unexpected noise

I sprang from my bed
I quickly got out of bed

To see what was the matter
To see what was causing all the fuss

Away to the window
I quickly ran over toward the window

I flew like a flash
As fast as I could, I ran

Tore open the shutters
I quickly opened up the shutters

And threw up the sash
Opened up the window too with a loud noise

The moon on the breast
A bright moonlit night, the snow it gently caressed

Of the new fallen snow
The snow had just fallen recently, all nice and new

Gave the lustre of midday
Made everything appear bright as if it were noon at midday

To objects below
To the things on the ground below

When what to my wondering eyes
As I stood there in amazement, to my surprise

Should appear
What appeared to me

But a miniature sleigh
Was a small sleigh

And eight tiny reindeer
Pulled by eight tiny reindeer

With a little ol' driver
Driving the sleigh with skill and care

So lively and quick
Very enthusiastic and energetic

I knew in a moment
Instantly knew right then and there

It must be St. Nick
That it was certainly Santa Claus himself

More rapid than eagles
The reindeer moved quickly, faster than eagles

His courses they came
Their path was true and they came quickly

As he whistled and shouted
As he made noises to encourage the reindeer

And called them by name
Praising and calling the reindeer by their particular names

Now Dasher, now Dancer
Specifically named Dasher and Dancer

Now Prancer and Vixen
Followed by Prancer and Vixen

Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen
And finally followed by Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen

To the top of the porch
The top of the porch, they would soon reach it

To the top of the wall
To the top of the wall, they would soon climb it

Now dash away, dash away
They hurried away, off they rushed

Dash away all
They all ran away as fast as they could

As dry leaves before
Just like how dry leaves fly and scatter

The wild hurricane fly
During a wild hurricane's violent winds

When they meet with an obstacle
When the leaves faced an obstacle in their flight

Mount to the sky
They fly up straight into the air

So up to the housetop
To the roof of the house, they flew up top

The courses they flew
The courses were flown, the path they all knew

With a sleigh full of toys
The sleigh was full with all kinds of toys

And St. Nicholas too
And also there was Santa Claus too

And then in a twinkling
Without delay

I heard on the roof
Suddenly I heard footsteps on the roof

The prancing and pawing
The sound of animals moving with excitement and delight

Of each little hoof
Of the tiny hooves on their feet, they made a noise

As I drew in my head
As I pulled my head back inside

And was turning around
When I was turning around

Down the chimney St. Nicholas
Down the chimney Santa Claus himself

Came with a bound
Arrived there with a loud thud and sound

He was dressed all in fur
Santa Claus was wearing all his fur

From his head to his foot
Starting at his head, all down to his foot

And his clothes were all tarnished
His clothes had all turned dark and dirty over time and use

With ashes and soot
With ashes and soot from the chimney stuck to his suit

A bundle of toys
He carried a pile of toys with him too

He had flung on his back
Stacked upon his back, he had made a pile of toys

And he looked like a peddler
He looked just like a salesman offering goods

Just opening his pack
Opening up his bag to give presents to boys and girls

His eyes how they twinkled
His eyes shone with a bright twinkle

His dimples how merry
His smile was big and bright, true and utterly

His cheeks were like roses
His cheeks were as red as roses

His nose like a cherry
And just like a cherry, his nose was very

His droll little mouth
His little, jolly mouth

Was drawn up like a bow
Was drawn up, making him seem like a bow

And the beard of his chin
His long, white beard on his chin

Was as white as the snow
Was as white as the snow that had fallen just moments ago

The stump of his pipe
The part of his pipe still remaining, he held in tight grip

He held tight in his teeth
With his teeth, he tightly gripped the pipe beneath

And the smoke it encircled his head
The smoke swirled around his head up above

Like a wreath
Making something like a wreath around his head

He had a broad face
His face was broad and noticeable

And a round little belly
And his stomach was round and chubby

That shook when he laughed
And it shook up and down as he laughed

Like a bowl full of jelly
Like a bowl of jelly, it wiggled and swayed all around and was incredibly jolly

He was chubby and plump
He was quite fat but seemed very happy

A right jolly old elf
A very happy elf, that was obvious enough

I laughed when I saw him
I smiled and chuckled when I saw him

In spite of myself
It happened automatically without me realizing it

A wink of his eye
He gave me a quick wink with his eye

And a twist of his head
And with a small movement of his head

Soon gave me to know
I came to understand right away

I had nothing to dread
There was nothing I should be afraid of or fear

He spoke not a word
Santa Claus said not a single word

But went straight to his work
He went right to work, doing his job with great speed

And filled all the stockings
He filled all of the stockings with care

Then turned with a jerk
And with one strong motion, quickly turned without any hint of a quirk

And laying a finger
Placing his finger down gently

Along side his nose
Right beside his nose, he placed it with his hand as he rose

And giving a nod
And with a small nod

Up the chimney he rose
He went back up the chimney, to where he first arose

He sprang to his sleigh
He jumped back onto the back of his sleigh

To his team gave a whistle
He whistled to his team of reindeer with his lips

And away they all flew
And off they went, all of them together

Like the down of a thistle
They went so fast, they seemed like seeds from a thistle

But I heard him exclaim
But before he left, he made sure to yell

As he drove out of sight
As he rapidly disappeared out of my eyesight

And quot;Happy Christmas to all
Wishing all a wonderful and happy Christmas

And to all a goodnight and quot;
And finally, with a sweet dream, to bed all should tightly hold and hold it tight.