Phillies fans enjoy many traditions, but few are as special as the annual Harry Kalas T’was the Night Before Christmas reading.
The poem’s actual title is “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” but has become commonly known as “T’was the Night Before Christmas.” Harry read the poem many years on CBS3 Eyewitness News to a small group of wide-eyed kids, and it became an instant classic for Phillies fans to listen to every Christmas Eve.
Here’s the great Harry Kalas with his reading of T’was the Night Before Christmas.
Harry added his own adaptation to the poem, noting his great friend Richie “Whitey” Ashburn’s pipe being like St.