Twas the night before christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. What does "stirring" mean?

The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar -plums danced in their heads. What does it mean to have :visions of sugar-plums" dance in their heads?

And mamma in her kercheif, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap. What does the author mean when he writes they "Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap"?

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