1. 6
noun
electric power tool
a cartoon character
article(s) of clothing
part of body plural
plural noun
plural noun
TTwas 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.

2. 7
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 flew like a flash,
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 ____________.

3. 8
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!”

4. 9
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 fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the ____________ the coursers they flew,
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.

5. 10
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 flung 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 thesnow.

6. 11
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.

7. 12
plural noun
noun
noun
noun noun
verb past tense
verb past tense
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled 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-____________!”