Today’s Poem: A Visit from St. Nicholas

’Twas the night before . . . oh, you know how it goes

Santa Claus in a 1904 Puck magazine cover (Wikimedia Commons)

A Visit from St. Nicholas

by Clement Clarke Moore

’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 t…