The Night Before Christmas Hardcover: The Classic Edition

The Night Before Christmas Hardcover: The Classic Edition

Here is the wonderful new version of the classic poem every family should own. This edition of The Night Before Christmas is lavishly illustrated by renowned, New York Times #1 Bestselling artist Charles Santore, the critically-acclaimed illustrator of multiple classic tales, including The Wizard of Oz, Snow White and The Little Mermaid. This is a hardcover edition of the classic The Night Before Christmas, featuring a four-page gatefold and an embossed and foil-stamped cover.

First published anonymously in a New York Newspaper called the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823, under the title â€œA Visit from St. Nicholas.â€ Clement Clark Moore has long been credited as the author of this beloved yuletide poem, but literary scholar Don Foster now believes that the true writer was in fact a poet of Dutch heritage named Henry Livingston Jr. Livingston had passed away by the time Moore claimed authorship of the poem years later. In 1844, Moore published â€œA Visit from St. Nicholasâ€ in an anthology of his own poetry, but Livingstonâ€™s family has always insisted that Moore is not the true author. However, even if Livingstonâ€™s family had never spoken up, Mooreâ€™s authorship rings a bit false. The structure of the poem is very different from anything else Moore had written, but the style and imagery do match Livingstonâ€™s writing. Most compelling of all are the Dutch references in the poem, including several reindeer names, such as â€œDonderâ€ (meaning â€œthunderâ€) and â€œBlixemâ€ (meaning â€œlightningâ€). These names were anglicized in later editions to the now-famous â€œDonner,â€ and â€œBlitzen.â€ As a nod to Livingstonâ€™s claim on the poem, we have left the original Dutch name â€œDonderâ€ in our edition.
Country USA
Brand Applesauce Press
Manufacturer Applesauce Press
Binding Hardcover
PartNumber 9781604332377
Model 9781604332377
Height 11
Length 10.5
Weight 1.38009376012
Width 0.5
ReleaseDate 2011-10-11
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Applesauce Press
Manufacturer	Applesauce Press
Binding	Hardcover
PartNumber	9781604332377
Model	9781604332377
Height	11
Length	10.5
Weight	1.38009376012
Width	0.5
ReleaseDate	2011-10-11
NumberOfItems	1

The Night Before Christmas Hardcover: The Classic Edition

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