We are studying poetry right now. We read the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas and looked at all the elments within the poem. Then we re-wrote each stanza into a literary story. Enjoy!

Christmas Eve

It was the night before Christmas. No one was moving throughout the house, not even a tiny mouse. We were hoping that St. Nicholas would come to their house soon. So they had nicely hung all their stockings near the fireplace.

The children were sleeping and dreaming of happy things such as sugar plums dancing. Mamma and I had on our night hats and had just gotten into bed for a start of a good nights sleep.

All of a sudden there was a loud noise out on the lawn. I jumped out of bed and threw open the shutters to see what was happening. I opened the window quickly.

The moon was glistening off of the snow, giving light outside. Suddenly a small sleigh with eight tiny reindeer appeared.

And in that sleigh was a lively driver and I knew at that moment it was St. Nick. He came very fast and started shouting out his reindeers’ names.

He called out, “Dacher, Dancer, Prancer and Vixon then Coment, Cupid, and Doner and Blitzen. They flew all the way to the roof of the house. I could hear him shouting “Dash Away All” at the top of his lungs.

When they flew up to the top of the house, the wind was whipping around. They were carrying an entire sleigh full of toys and St. Nick also.

Suddenly I heard something on the roof. It sounded like reindeer dancing. Then Santa came tumbling down the chimney and landed with a thump.

He was dressed up in a fur coat as furry as a polar bear from head to toe. His clothes were ripped and covered with ashes. He had put packages of toys on his back like a robber taking out his stuff he had stolen.

Santa had cute little dimples and eyes that twinkled. He had a red nose and cheeks. He was smiling with a very white beard.

He held a stump of a pipe tight in his teeth. The smoke was circling his head like a wreath. He had a round belly and a broad face.

He was a chubby guy and I laughed when I saw him. When he winked and twisted his head, I knew I had nothing to fear.

Santa was silent but went right to work. He counted five candies and placed one in each stocking. He turned around, put a finger up to his nose, and gave a nod. His feet jerked off the ground and he flew up the chimney.

He jumped into his sleigh, gave his reindeer a sharp whistle and his sleigh flew away into the night. When he left I heard him yell, “Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.”