'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas (Hard Cover)
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Once upon a time, children imagined St. Nicholas as a stern, skinny bishop who was as likely to give out punishments as Christmas presents, but thanks to the secret publication of a poem called "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" in the TROY SENTENAL newspaper in 1823, a plumper, merrier St. Nick was born, transformed into the sleigh driving, chimney climbing, jolly old elf we now call Santa Claus. Complemented by beautiful monochrome illustrations that are graciously true to the pre Victorian times, this definitive volume of 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, honoring the poem's original context is now available in a compact gift edition collection.