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*The Night Before Christmas: A Classic Illustrated Edition* by Clement C. Moore, illustrations from the vintage collection of Cooper Edens - young readers book review

 
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The Night Before Christmas

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The Night Before Christmas: A Classic Illustrated Edition
by Clement C. Moore, illustrations from the vintage collection of Cooper Edens
ages 9-12 44 pages Chronicle Books November 2005 Hardcover    

This very familiar and popular poem has been shared by young and old over the years, available in many editions, a holiday staple about the excitement of children the night before St. Nick arrives, squeezing down the chimney with his bag of toys. The charm of this particular edition is in the illustrations, late nineteenth and early twentieth century full-color plates from a collection of antique picture books.

Page by page and verse by verse, this small book evokes another era, when life was simple and children fell asleep on Christmas Eve with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, slumbering boys and girls protected by a hovering trio of angels, “mama in her kerchief and I in my cap,” Santa whipping his reindeers through the snowy night sky and a brightly decorated tree surrounded by toys and packages to delight the children on Christmas morning.

Over the years, Jolly Old St. Nick’s lighthearted holiday poem remains a family favorite, a warm-hearted tale for every age to share before a cozy fireplace. This 2005 Chronicle edition is perfect as a thoughtful gift for a favorite child or as a stocking stuffer, easy for small hands to hold, the illustrations as enchanting as the poem.
  
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