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noun

electric power tool

a cartoon character

article(s) of clothing

part of body plural

plural noun

plural noun

TT was the night before ____________, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a ____________.

The ____________ were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that ____________ soon would be there.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,

While visions of ____________ danced in their heads.

And mamma in her ____________, and I in my cap,

Had just settled our ____________ for a long winter’s nap.

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verb past tense place/location

noun

plural noun

plural noun

plural noun

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I ____________ from the ____________ to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I fl ew like a fl ash,

Tore open the ____________ and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow

Gave the lustre of mid-day to ____________ below.

When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,

But a miniature ____________, and eight tiny ____________.

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verb past tense verb past tense

former U.S. President

host of CNN’s The Situation Room

a slow animal plural

verb verb verb

noun

noun

With a little old ____________, so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment it must be ____________.

More rapid than ____________ his coursers they came,

And he ___________, and ___________, and called them by name!

“Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!

On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, Donner and ____________!

To the top of the ____________! to the top of the wall!

Now __________ away! ___________ away! __________ away all!”

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verb ending in ing verb ending in ing

washed-up male celebrity

noun

plural noun

plural noun plural noun

As dry ____________ that before the wild hurricane fl y,

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.

So up to the ____________ the coursers they fl ew,

With the sleigh full of ___________, and ___________ too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The ____________ and ____________ of each little hoof.

As I drew in my head, and was turning around,

Down the chimney ____________ came with a bound.

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plural noun

plural noun

plural noun

article(s) of clothing part of body

color other than white

exotic animal plural

a liquid

noun

noun

He was dressed all in ___________, from his head to his ___________,

And his ____________ were all tarnished with ashes and soot.

A bundle of ____________ he had fl ung on his back,

And he looked like a ____________, just opening his pack.

His ____________ —how they twinkled! His dimples how merry!

His ____________ were like roses, his ____________ like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And the ____________ on his chin was as ____________ as the snow.

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verb past tense

verb past tense

part of body

part of body

noun

noun

adjective

adjective adjective

The stump of a ____________ he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke it encircled his ____________ like a wreath.

He had a broad ____________ and a little ____________ belly,

That shook when he ____________, like a bowlful of jelly!

He was ____________ and ____________, a right jolly old elf,

And I ____________ when I saw him, in spite of myself!

A wink of his ____________ and a twist of his head,

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

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plural noun

noun

noun

noun noun

verb past tense

verb past tense

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,

And fi lled all the ____________, then turned with a jerk.

And laying his ____________ aside of his nose,

And giving a nod, up the ____________ he rose!

He ___________ to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all ____________ like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight

“Happy ____________ to all, and to all a good-____________!”