The Night Before Christmas
by Clement C. Moore
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The well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.Tags
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My quintessential childhood book. An amusing poem that resonates with the Santa myth. Since this edition has such deep emotional attachment to my Christmas memories, my rating reflects absolutely no consideration of writing quality.
A lovely, festive, and timeless Christmas poem which really fills me with the Christmas spirit.
My dad used to read it to me every Christmas Eve when I was a wee thing. It is one of my fondest holiday memories.
Lovely Victorian (or possibly Edwardian) illustrations. From the year I was born!!
One of my favorite picture book versions of this poem. It's a crime that this is out of print.
Another childhood book in remarkably good condition --- probably because it was read only in December.
No changes in the poem that I could see off-hand. A with his other books, Cutting's illustrations are very bright and kid-friendly.
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Author Information
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Poet and Educator Clement Moore was born on July 15, 1770 in New York City, and was later educated at Columbia College. Moore was a biblical scholar and professor at the Episcopal General Theological Seminary. Moore is best known for his poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", better known in more modern times as "Twas the Night Before Christmas". In show more 2013 this same title became a New York Times High Profile Title. Clement Moore died in Newport, Rhode Island on July 10, 1863. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Night Before Christmas
- Original publication date
- 1823
- People/Characters
- Santa Claus; Dasher the reindeer; Dancer the reindeer; Prancer the reindeer; Vixen the reindeer; Comet the reindeer (show all 9); Cupid the reindeer; Donner the reindeer; Blitzen the reindeer
- Important events
- Christmas
- First words
- 'Twas the night before Christmas,
when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring,
not even a mouse. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But I heard him exclaim,
ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all.
And to all a good night." - Original language
- English
- Disambiguation notice
- The Night before Christmas has been divided into several works by illustrator. If your copy is in this work and you want to move it where it belongs, you need to add an ISBN and/or add the illustrator's name to the title.
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- Genres
- Poetry, Children's Books, Picture Books
- DDC/MDS
- 811.2 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American poetry in English Post-revolutionary 1776–1830
- LCC
- PZ8.3 .M782 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Languages
- 6 — Dutch, English, French, German, Russian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 117
- UPCs
- 7
- ASINs
- 125