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The Night Before Christmas Coloring Pages
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Classic Christmas Story Coloring Pages
The Night Before Christmas coloring pages are a great way to bring this classic christmas story to life with students.
Use the The Night Before Christmas coloring pages to augment reading assignments, or as props for a display board project to tell the story to the class.
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The Night Before Christmas Coloring Pages
The Night Before Christmas coloring pages depict various scenes in the poem. Each page contains captions for that specific
scene. These pages are great visual aids as you read a "longer text" version of this favorite Christmas poem / story.
- Not a creature was stiring, Not even a mouse
- The Stockings were hung, By the chimney with care
- While visions of sugarplums, Danced through their heads
- Had just settled our brains, For a long winter's nap
- The Moon on the breast, Of the new fallen snow
- I knew in a moment, It must be Saint Nick
- Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer! Now, Vixen!
- With a sleigh full of toys, And Saint Nicholas too
- Down the chimney Saint Nicholas, Came with a bound
- His cheeks were like Roses, His nose like a Cherry
- His eyes how they twinkled! His dimples how Merry!
- He had a broad face, And round little belly
- He spake not a word, But went straight to his work
- And laying his finger, Aside of his nose
- And away they all flew, Like the down of a thistle
- Happy Christmas to all, And to all a good night
The poem, "The Night Before Christmas" has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American", is largely responsible for the
conception of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today. The verse includes a description of Santa's physical appearance, the night of his visit,
his mode of transportation, the number and names of his reindeer, as well as the tradition that he brings toys to children.
Prior to the publication of "The Night Before Christmas", American ideas about St. Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors varied considerably.
The poem also influenced ideas and cultural norms about St. Nicholas and Santa Claus beyond the United States, to the rest of the English-speaking world and beyond.
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