0:00:06 > 0:00:08Hello, there!
0:00:08 > 0:00:09I'm Justin.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Are you excited for Christmas Day, tomorrow?
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Woohoo!
0:00:14 > 0:00:15So am I.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17Have you hung your stocking,
0:00:17 > 0:00:20and left a glass of milk for Father Christmas?
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Oh, brilliant!
0:00:21 > 0:00:28Well, tonight's magical bedtime story is all about Christmas Eve,
0:00:28 > 0:00:31and Father Christmas coming.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33So snuggle down,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36and start getting excited!
0:00:36 > 0:00:39It's called The Night Before Christmas,
0:00:39 > 0:00:41and is written by Clement C Moore,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44with illustrations by Mark Marshall.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48'Twas the night before Christmas
0:00:48 > 0:00:50when all through the house
0:00:50 > 0:00:53not a creature was stirring,
0:00:53 > 0:00:55not even a...
0:00:55 > 0:00:56SQUEAKING
0:00:56 > 0:00:57..mouse.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06in hope that St Nicholas soon would be there.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Us children were nestled all snug in our beds,
0:01:11 > 0:01:16while visions of sugarplums danced in our heads.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18And Mama, in her kerchief,
0:01:18 > 0:01:20and Dada, in his cap,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24had just settled down for a long winter's nap...
0:01:26 > 0:01:30..when out on the lawn there arose such a clatter!
0:01:30 > 0:01:34I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Away to the window I flew like a flash,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow
0:01:46 > 0:01:50gave the lustre of midday to objects below...
0:01:51 > 0:01:56..when what to my wondering eyes should appear,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58but a miniature sleigh
0:01:58 > 0:02:00and eight tiny reindeer...
0:02:01 > 0:02:05with a little old driver so lively and quick.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I knew in a moment
0:02:08 > 0:02:09it must be St Nick!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14More rapid than eagles his coursers, they came,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18and he whistled and shouted and called them by name.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20HE WHISTLES
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Now, Dasher! Now Dancer!
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Now, Prancer and Vixen!
0:02:25 > 0:02:28On, Comet! On, Cupid!
0:02:28 > 0:02:31On, Donner! Ooh, and Blitzen!
0:02:32 > 0:02:36To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Now, dash away, dash away,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41dash away, all!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Ho, ho, ho!
0:02:43 > 0:02:47As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
0:02:47 > 0:02:52when they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55so up to the house top the coursers they flew,
0:02:55 > 0:03:00with the sleigh full of toys and St Nicolas too.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03And then, in a twinkling,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I heard on the roof,
0:03:05 > 0:03:09the prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14As I drew in my head and was turning around,
0:03:14 > 0:03:18down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,
0:03:22 > 0:03:27and his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
0:03:31 > 0:03:35and he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39His eyes - how they twinkled!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41His dimples - how merry!
0:03:41 > 0:03:45His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a...
0:03:45 > 0:03:46BEEP!
0:03:46 > 0:03:47..cherry.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
0:03:50 > 0:03:54and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59He had a broad face and a round little belly
0:03:59 > 0:04:03that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05HE LAUGHS
0:04:05 > 0:04:09He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
0:04:09 > 0:04:14and I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18A wink of his eye and a twist of his head
0:04:18 > 0:04:23soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26He spoke not a word but went straight to his work,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29and filled all the stockings
0:04:29 > 0:04:32then turned with a jerk.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35And, laying his finger aside of his nose,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37and giving a nod,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40up the chimney he rose.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42He sprang to his sleigh,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44to his team gave a whistle...
0:04:44 > 0:04:46HE WHISTLES
0:04:46 > 0:04:50..and away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59"Happy Christmas to all,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02"and to all a goodnight!"
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Well, it's almost Christmas Day.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13So, quick - we'd better get to sleep so that Father Christmas will come.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17I hope you all have a really magical Christmas.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Take care.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Sleep well.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Goodnight!