'Twas the Night Before Christmas: or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas
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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 anonymous publication of the poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas" in the TROY SENTINAL in 1823, a plumper, merrier St. Nick was born, transformed into the sleigh-riding, chimney-diving, jolly old elf we now call Santa Claus.
- Rating
- 4.36
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Year
- 2006
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