Lots More Christmas Fun!
13th December 2018 Just a quickie newsletter today because we are still adding new Christmas activities and getting ready for 2019 ... If you've missed previous newsletters, don't forget you can find out what we've been adding by checking our What's New page! Expect another newsletter on Sunday with even more Christmas fun... Activity Village Membership ... There are now over 32,000 printable activities available exclusively to Activity Village Members. We add resources nearly every day so there's always something new to explore! If you haven't joined up yet, why not become a member now? We can help make your life easier and you'll always have something fun to give the kids! What's New at Activity Village There is still time to enjoy our Online Advent Calendar for 2018! Just look for this image or a link on the website and click through each day until 24th to find lovely Christmas colouring pages, Christmas videos to watch, Christmas music to enjoy and Christmas games to play. Christmas jokes and Christmas quotes too. New colour sorting activities for Christmas We've added these fun new Christmas bookmarks to our collection! I love these beautiful new Christmas carol colouring pages Useful new Christmas carols printables Our latest guest post: lovely Christmas window art ideas from Shelly and the kids! 3 new Christmas stories to print and read with the kids A new collection of poinsettia activities Adding to our collection of Christmas lacing cards Pretty new Christmas party printables - all sorts of bunting and cupcake wrappers, toppers and flags! A Little Something ... A Visit from St Nicholas by Clement C. Moore 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her kerchief and I in my cap Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap, When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter. Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash; The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow Gave the lustre of day to the objects below; When what to my wondering eyes should appear But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver so lively and quick I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name: "Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer! now, Vixen! On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Dunder and Blixen! To the top of the stoop, to the top of the wall! Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!" As dry leaves before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, With the sleigh full of toys and St. Nicholas too; And then in a twinkling I heard on the roof The prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound; He was dressed all in furs from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. A bundle of toys he had flung on his back; And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack. His eyes, how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry; His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow. The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath. He had a broad face, and a little round belly That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly. He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf, And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye and a twist of his head Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle; But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight, "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!" We have a printable version of this wonderful Christmas poem here! Coming Up Soon ... 1st December: Advent 2nd - 10th December: Hanukkah 25th December: Christmas 26th December: Kwanzaa New Year 2019 - Coming Very Soon! Spring . . Summer . . Autumn . . Winter And don't forget you can click through to our Holiday Calendar to explore our resources by upcoming holiday and event. Get your planning done and activities printed out in plenty of time! Thank you for visiting Activity Village... And for telling friends, family and colleagues about the website! If you think you might not be receiving all our newsletters, why not white-list us to make sure that the email gets through? There are instructions for how to white-list with most email providers here. All the best until next time! Lindsay Small www.ActivityVillage.co.uk Small Publishing Ltd Kemp House 152 - 160 City Road London EC1V 2NX UNITED KINGDOM Unsubscribe | Change Subscriber Options
