“The Night Before Christmas” trivia

We all know the poem “The Night Before Christmas.” In fact, many of us can probably even recite the famous first verse from memory. But besides knowing that “not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse,” what else do you know about this beloved Christmas classic? Try our quiz to find out!

1. What was the original title given to the poem?
2. The second verse says “The children were nestled all snug in their beds, / While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.” What are sugar plums?
3. What was the mother wearing on her head?
4. What term is used to refer to the creatures drawing St. Nicholas’s sleigh?
5. St. Nicholas’s reindeer were named for the first time in this poem.
6. In the fifth verse, St. Nicholas commands his reindeer to “Placeholder for the answer away all!”
7. In the line “And he looked like Placeholder for the answer just opening his pack” what is St. Nicholas described as?
8. In the 10th verse, St. Nicholas is described as rosy-cheeked, with a cherry-like nose and a Placeholder for the answer little mouth.
9. Before rising up the chimney, St. Nicholas lays his finger “Placeholder for the answer his nose.”
10. The last line of the poem says “But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, / ’Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.’” What does ere mean?
  
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