"___ the night before Christmas . . ." (4)
I believe the answer is:
twas
(Other definitions for twas that I've seen before include "It used to be, formerly" , "Contraction of it was" .)
I've seen this clue in the Universal, the USA Today, the LA Times and The New York Times.
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