YOU SAID:
‘Twas the night before Christmas
INTO JAPANESE
「それはクリスマスの前夜のことでした」
BACK INTO ENGLISH
"It was the night before Christmas."
INTO JAPANESE
「それはクリスマスの前夜のことでした。」
BACK INTO ENGLISH
"It was the night before Christmas."
That didn't even make that much sense in English.