'Twas the night before Christmas.

Many many years ago, one Christmas Eve night, my wife and I were awoken in the small hours by a jingling sound going past our window and down the street. What was it? We never found out. Was it an early morning milk-float? Was it someone playing the fool? Or was it....? All I remember is that we looked sleepily at each other and said "It's Santa!" and went back to sleep.