I can recite the whole thing.
When I was in seventh grade, I had my mom as my homeroom and English teacher. 
She assigned the entire class to learn and recite the famous poem. Our reward was a measly candy cane. All of us felt that the effort involved in memorizing that whole poem merited more than that.
It's stuck with me after all these years. And a couple of years ago, I was given a teddy bear that would recite the poem when a button on its paw was pressed. However, the bear's version of the poem was an abridged one. So every time my seven-year-old presses that button, I have to say the words along with the bear--and I get messed up every time it skips a section.
My kids, meanwhile, think it's terrible that Rudolph isn't mentioned when all the other reindeer are named.
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