Twas the Night Before Christmas MySpace

If you are looking for some great social networking profiles highlighting the classic holiday poem Twas the Night Before Christmas, MySpace may have what you want.

Twas the Night Before Christmas, also called A Visit from St. Nicholas, was written by Clement Clarke Moore in 1822. It was the first time Christmas and St. Nicholas, the patron saint of children, had ever been associated with reindeer and a sleigh. After it was published in a local newspaper in 1823, it became an instant success, and to this day, has been a traditional reading for children and families on Christmas Eve.

Before the poem was written, Christmas was mainly seen as a religious holiday, celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Also on this holiday each year, St. Nicholas would bring toys to good boys and girls. However, after the poem was released, St. Nicholas transformed into the Santa Claus you know and love now: "He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf..."

Today, Twas the Night Before Christmas conjures up all sort of traditional holiday images including:

• Jolly ol' Santa Claus
• Reindeer
• Snow-covered house
• Stockings hung by the chimney
• Presents under a Christmas tree
• Children sleeping with "sugar-plums" in their dreams
• Holiday-decorated houses

These images are what make great backgrounds on MySpace profiles. Through their own accord or by downloading what others have created, users can change from the cookie-cutter style of a MySpace profile and design one to have this traditional Christmas theme.

However, if you need a little help in finding some traditional Christmas images for your Twas the Night Before Christmas MySpace profile background, several websites may be able to help you. All you need to do is copy the code from background or graphic you want to use and paste it in the "About Me" or other section in your MySpace profile. Select graphics from:

• Graphics Arcade has a large variety of free backgrounds from which to choose. The company makes it easy to copy by simply posting the source code right on top of the image. You can choose from holiday-themed backgrounds, banners, comments, contact tables, countdowns, cursors and more.
• Wish-A-Friend offers dozes of free Christmas-related backgrounds and images, most of which tie in with the Twas the Night Before Christmas theme.
• Free Code Source has one specific background geared toward emphasizing the poem. It is rather plain and doesn't have much of the glitz and glimmer that many profiles have these days. However, the website does offer additional Christmas backgrounds from which to choose.

Every Christmas since MySpace came online, users have been able to highlight their pages with this classic poem. Some may choose to change their backgrounds while other create videos and link them into their sites.

Unless you are looking for profiles around Christmastime, you will have a difficult time finding any related to Twas the Night Before Christmas. However, here are a few holiday-themed profiles that are up all year long:

• The Spirit of Christmas Everyday
• Santa
• Christmas
• Frosty
• Christmas Tree

There are several videos on MySpace that showcase different readings and versions of Twas the Night Before Christmas:

• Night Before Christmas
• Night Before Christmas (1946)
• A Soldier's Night Before Christmas
• The Night Before Christmas
• Twas the Night Before Christmas

Have fun designing your profile for Christmas. But don't overdo it as profiles with too many graphics can take longer to download and can be hard on the eyes!

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