Bibliograph

'Twas the night before Christmas, or account of a visit from St. Nicholas, Clement C. Moore ; illustrated by Matt Tavares

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'Twas the night before Christmas, or account of a visit from St. Nicholas, Clement C. Moore ; illustrated by Matt Tavares

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

'Twas the night before Christmas

Oclc number

1294284486

Responsibility statement

Clement C. Moore ; illustrated by Matt Tavares

Sub title

or account of a visit from St. Nicholas

Summary

"Once upon a time, children imagined St. Nicholas as a stern, skinny bishop who was as likely to dole out discipline as Christmas presents. But thanks to the poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas"--written by Clement C. Moore in 1822 and published the next year in the Troy Sentinel--a plumper, merrier St. Nick was born, transformed into the sleigh-riding, chimney-diving jolly old elf we now call Santa Claus. With gorgeous monochrome illustrations by Matt Tavares that are meticulously true to pre-Victorian times, this reissue of the holiday favorite 'Twas the Night Before Christmas Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas honors the poem's original language in a definitive keepsake volume." --amazon.com

Target audience

juvenile

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Night before Christmas

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