'Twas the night before Christmas and a ll through the house / not a crw eature was stirring / not even a mouse / the stockings all hung by the chimney with care / in hopes that St. Nicholas / soon would be there! Te he h he xhil c children were nestles d d d / all snug in their beds while visiona s of sugarplums danced in their heads . And mama in her 'kerchef / and I in my cap had just settled our brains / for