{"id":1759,"date":"2022-12-02T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thoughtaudio.com\/?p=1759"},"modified":"2022-12-02T22:08:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T22:08:45","slug":"ta0052-the-night-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nu5nf0i4.myutilitydomain.com.previewc40.carrierzone.com\/index.php\/ta0052-the-night-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"TA0052: The Night Before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore - Full Audio Book\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3XxFPzz-pkM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span class=\"Text-Head\"><b>The Night Before Christmas<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"Text-small\">WRITTEN BY:<\/span><span class=\"RegularNospread\"><br \/>\n<strong>Clement Clarke Moore<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Text-small\">NARRATED BY: <\/span><span class=\"RegularNospread\"><br \/>\n<strong>Michael Scott<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodySpread\" align=\"left\"><em>The Night Before Christmas<\/em> has been called arguably the best-known verse ever written by an American. It is the quintessential holiday poem telling of a visit from Santa Claus, complete with eight reindeer and a bundle of presents, and is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today. The Santa Clause concept has had a massive effect on the history of Christmas gift-giving. Before the poem gained wide popularity, American ideas had varied considerably about Saint Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Clement Clarke Moore composed the poem for his children on a snowy winter&#8217;s day during a shopping trip on a\u00a0sleigh. His inspiration for the character of Saint Nicholas was a local Dutch handyman as well as the historic\u00a0Saint Nicholas. Moore originated many of the features that are still associated with Santa Claus today while borrowing other aspects, such as the use of reindeer. The poem was first published\u00a0anonymously\u00a0in the\u00a0Troy, New York\u00a0<em>Sentinel<\/em>\u00a0on 23 December 1823, having been sent there by a friend of Moore, and was reprinted frequently thereafter with no name attached. It was first attributed in print to Moore in 1837. Moore himself acknowledged authorship when he included it in his own book of poems in 1844.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodySpread\" align=\"left\">_______________<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodySpread\" align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ThoughtAudio PDF Transcript<\/span><\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/thoughtaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/TA0052_NightBeforeChristmas_ClementClarkeMoore.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TA0052_NightBeforeChristmas_ClementClarkeMoore.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodySpread\" align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3XxFPzz-pkM\">_______________<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"RegularNospread\"><strong>Clement Clarke Moore<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3064 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/thoughtaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ClementClark-Moore-259x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thoughtaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ClementClark-Moore-259x300.jpg 259w, http:\/\/thoughtaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ClementClark-Moore-690x799.jpg 690w, http:\/\/thoughtaudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ClementClark-Moore.jpg 727w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clement Clarke Moore\u00a0(July 15, 1779 \u2013 July 10, 1863) was an American writer and Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning at the\u00a0General Theological Seminary\u00a0of the\u00a0Protestant Episcopal Church, in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>He is credited and is most widely known as the author of the Christmas poem originally known as <em>A Visit from St. Nicholas<\/em>, first published anonymously in 1823. It later became widely known as <em>&#8216;Twas the Night Before Christmas<\/em> and has been published in numerous illustrated versions in various languages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3XxFPzz-pkM\">_______________<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodySpread\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>The Night Before Christmas\u00a0 <\/b><\/span>(A Visit from Saint Nicholas)<br \/>\nby Clement Clarke Moore<\/p>\n<p class=\"RegularNospread\">&#8216;Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house<br \/>\nNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;<br \/>\nThe stockings were hung by the chimney with care,<br \/>\nIn hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;<br \/>\nThe children were nestled all snug in their beds,<br \/>\nWhile visions of sugar plums danced in their heads;<br \/>\nAnd mamma in her &#8216;kerchief, and I in my cap,<br \/>\nHad just settled down for a long winter&#8217;s nap,<\/p>\n<p>When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,<br \/>\nI sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.<br \/>\nAway to the window I flew like a flash,<br \/>\nTore open the shutters and threw up the sash.<br \/>\nThe moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow<br \/>\nGave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,<br \/>\nWhen what to my wondering eyes should appear,<br \/>\nBut a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,<\/p>\n<p class=\"RegularNospread\">With a little old driver, so lively and quick,<br \/>\nI knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.<br \/>\nMore rapid than eagles his coursers they came,<br \/>\nAnd he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;<br \/>\n&#8220;Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!<br \/>\nOn, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!<br \/>\nTo the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!<br \/>\nNow dash away! dash away! dash away all!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"RegularNospread\">As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,<br \/>\nWhen they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,<br \/>\nSo up to the house-top the coursers they flew,<br \/>\nWith the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.<br \/>\nAnd then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof<br \/>\nThe prancing and pawing of each little hoof.<br \/>\nAs I drew in my hand and was turning around,<br \/>\nDown the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"RegularNospread\">He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,<br \/>\nAnd his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;<br \/>\nA bundle of toys he had flung on his back,<br \/>\nAnd he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.<br \/>\nHis eyes &#8212; how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!<br \/>\nHis cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!<br \/>\nHis droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,<br \/>\nAnd the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;<\/p>\n<p class=\"RegularNospread\">The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,<br \/>\nAnd the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;<br \/>\nHe had a broad face and a little round belly,<br \/>\nThat shook when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.<br \/>\nHe was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,<br \/>\nAnd I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;<br \/>\nA wink of his eye and a twist of his head,<br \/>\nSoon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;<\/p>\n<p class=\"RegularNospread\">He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,<br \/>\nAnd filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,<br \/>\nAnd laying his finger aside of his nose,<br \/>\nAnd giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;<br \/>\nHe sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,<br \/>\nAnd away they all flew like the down of a thistle.<br \/>\nBut I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,<br \/>\n&#8220;Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodySpread\">\u00a0_______________<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodySpread\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Night Before Christmas WRITTEN BY: Clement Clarke Moore NARRATED BY: Michael Scott The Night Before Christmas has been called arguably the best-known verse ever written by an American. 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