Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
‘Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving
‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving, when all through the town, Not a creature was stirring, not even a clown. The turkey was brining, the pie crusts were rolled, In hopes that a feast soon would unfold.
The craft beers were nestled in the fridge with care, In hopes that the guests soon would be there. Friends with growlers and pints in their cap, Had just settled down for a pre-feast nightcap.
When out on the lawn, there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the couch to see what was the matter. Away to the window, I stumbled with cheer, Tore open the blinds, it was my friends drawing near.
The moon on the breast of the newly-paved street, Gave a lustre of midday to the friends’ eager feet. When what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature keg, pulled by eight tiny rein-beers.
With a bearded old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment, it must be Saint Nick. More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name:
“Now, Cascade! Now, Simcoe! Now, Citra and Mosaic! On, Centennial! On, Amarillo! On, Saaz and Chinook! To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!”
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the housetop, the coursers they flew, With a sleigh full of beers, and Saint 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 flannel, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot. A bundle of craft beers he had flung on his back, And he looked like a brewer 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 round little 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 keg, 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 Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good night!”
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Please have a very safe and happy and grateful Thanksgiving. Think of those who do not have anything, and think of those who are unable to be home for Thanksgiving due to jobs, or in the service, or due to other obligations or reasons.
Lets take this opportunity to think of others, and be to grateful for what we have, and to enjoy the company of friends and family.
I hope all of you a wonderful day tomorrow, and hope you find yourself at a table, with friends and family, with lots of wonderful food, fantastic craft beers, and great conversation.
Eat. Drink. Be Merry.
Cheers All!
Thanksgiving Related Articles
For more Thanksgiving related articles, check these out:
- Recipe: Crispy Beer Roast Turkey (using Troegenator)
- Black Friday Releases and Events Across Pennsylvania (2023)
Thank You For Reading
If you like this article, please check out our other many articles, including news, beer reviews, travelogues, maps, and much much more. We greatly appreciate everyone visiting the site!
Cheers.
Thanks again for reading everyone. Take some time to check out the site, we greatly appreciate it. We have affiliates and sponsors with Pretzels.com and Beer Drop.com, which can save you money on their products if you are interested. Check out our articles on them. Make sure to check out our beer reviews, brewery reviews, Amy’s weekly column, book reviews, hike reviews, and so much more.
As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com
Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.
We are working on a massive project here at The Beer Thrillers. We are creating a map of all of the breweries across the United States. State by state we are adding maps of all of the different states with every brewery in each state. (We will eventually get to the US Territories, as well as the Canadian Provinces, and possibly more countries; as well as doing some fun maps like a map of all the breweries we’ve been to, and other fun maps.) You can find the brewery maps here:
We are also working on a project of creating printable and downloadable PDFs and resources to be able to check and keep track of all of the breweries you’ve been to. So stay tuned for that project once we are finished with the Brewery Maps of the US States.
You can check out our different directories here: Beer Reviews, Hike Reviews, Book Reviews, Brewery News, Brewery Openings, Brewer Interviews, and Travelogues.
Please be sure to follow us on our social media accounts – Facebook, Facebook Group, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Influence. As well as our brand new Tumblr page. Please be sure to also follow, like, subscribe to the blog here itself to keep updated. We love to hear from you guys, so be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you think!
You can now find us on our Discord Server here: The Beer Thrillers (Discord Server). We’ve also joined LinkTree to keep track of all of our social media pages, as well as hot new articles we’ve written.
The Beer Thrillers on LinkTree can be found here: The Beer Thrillers LinkTree.
We have partnered with an affiliateship with Beer Drop.com. You can check out that partnership and receive great discounts, coupons, and more here: Beer Drop. Going here and logging in and ordering will help you receive your discounts and coupons as well as help support our page. Thank you for helping to support The Beer Thrillers and to help us maintain the site and blog and to keep it running.
The Beer Thrillers are a blog that prides itself on writing beer reviews, brewery reviews, travelogues, news (especially local to the Central PA brewery scene), as well as covering other topics of our interests – such as hiking, literature and books, board games, and video games which we sometimes stream with our friends over at Knights of Nostalgia. We are currently listed as #7 on FeedSpot’s “Top 100 Beer Blogs” and #8 on FeedSpot’s “Top 40 Pennsylvania Blogs”. (As of January 2023.) Thank you for reading our site today, please subscribe, follow, and bookmark. Please reach out to us if you are interested in working together. If you would like to donate to the blog you can here: Donate to The Beer Thrillers. Thank you!
You can also check out our partnership and affiliation with Pretzels.com, where ordering pretzels and using our affiliate code – AFFILIATE CODE IS THEBEERTHRILLERS20 – will help you get wonderful pretzels and help us maintain and keep this blog running. Thank you!
If you would like to reach out to us for product reviews, beer reviews, press release writing, and other media – please contact us at thebeerthrillers@gmail.com. Thank you.
(Thank you for reading. The opinions, thoughts, and expressions of each article posted on The Beer Thrillers represents the author of the content and only themselves. It does not express the opinions, beliefs, or ideas held by The Beer Thrillers or any company in which the author themselves work for. Each piece of written content is written by the creator(s) listed in the authorial section on each article unless otherwise noted. Their opinions, comments, and words on screen do not represent any company in which they work for and / or are affiliated with or any non – profits that they contribute to. Thank you.)
