{"id":30202,"date":"2024-08-29T21:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=30202"},"modified":"2024-08-28T14:43:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:43:21","slug":"30aug2024-quote-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/29\/30aug2024-quote-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"30AUG2024 \u2013 Quote of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cA Visit from St. Nicholas\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house<\/p>\n

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;<\/p>\n

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,<\/p>\n

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,<\/p>\n

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;<\/p>\n

And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,<\/p>\n

Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,<\/p>\n

I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.<\/p>\n

Away to the window I flew like a flash,<\/p>\n

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow<\/p>\n

Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,<\/p>\n

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,<\/p>\n

But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,<\/p>\n

I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.<\/p>\n

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,<\/p>\n

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

“Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN!<\/p>\n

On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONNER and BLITZEN!<\/p>\n

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!<\/p>\n

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,<\/p>\n

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,<\/p>\n

So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,<\/p>\n

With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof<\/p>\n

The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.<\/p>\n

As I drew in my head, and was turning around,<\/p>\n

Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,<\/p>\n

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;<\/p>\n

A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,<\/p>\n

And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

His eyes — how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!<\/p>\n

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!<\/p>\n

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,<\/p>\n

And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,<\/p>\n

And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;<\/p>\n

He had a broad face and a little round belly,<\/p>\n

That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,<\/p>\n

And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;<\/p>\n

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,<\/p>\n

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,<\/p>\n

And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,<\/p>\n

And laying his finger aside of his nose,<\/p>\n

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,<\/p>\n

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.<\/p>\n

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,<\/p>\n

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD-NIGHT!<\/p>\n

Clement C. Moore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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