# A visit from St. Nicholas

Author: Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863; Ivins, Florence Wyman, 1881-1948 [Illustrator]; Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957 [Other]

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68631

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+visit+from+St.+Nicholas+Moore&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_’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 soon would be there;_ _The children were nestled all snug in their beds_ _While visions of sugar-plums danced through 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 a lustre of midday to obj...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-visit-from-st-nicholas-68631/chapters/1/index.md)