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    Night Before Christmas
    Night Before Christmas
    Night Before Christmas
    Audiobook12 minutes

    Night Before Christmas

    Written by Clement Clarke Moore

    Narrated by Peter Linz

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    The magical, classic poem that no Christmas can be without! "Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…" When Clement Moore wrote a Christmas poem for his children about a magical visit from Saint Nicholas, he had no way of knowing that it would become the best-known and loved holiday poem of all time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScholastic
    Release dateOct 1, 2006
    ISBN9780545047005
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    Clement Clarke Moore

    Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 - July 10, 1863) was a writer and professor and is credited with writing "A Visit from St. Nicholas" for his children. Originally published anonymously on December 23rd, 1823, the poem that would come to be known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," was responsible for the creation of the Santa Claus myth as it is known in the United States and much of the English-speaking world. 

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    • 5/5
      This is the first time I've read this, since I was a kid, and it's just as good as ever.

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    • 5/5
      A classic! My children love this story no matter how times they hear it.
    • 5/5
      My Christmas Fave!
      I listened to the ambience & sound effects whilst reading this book, from the app 'Booktrack'. The app is great. It takes how fast you turn the page to time when you hear the effects. It's really great and adds to the whole reading experience.
    • 5/5
      I try to read this every year as it never fails to return me to my 5-year-old self, filled with excitement over the great and powerful Santa's impending visit. The catchy rhythm and rhyme of this delightful poem is contagious. I used to repeat it often as a child until the first lines were branded into my brain:
      ''Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
      Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.'
      It always leaves me with a warm and satisfied glow as I read the last words:

      "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
    • 4/5
      I read this with my daughter at a Night Before Christmas function at her school. It was an enjoyable time reading to five other children as well. This is the classic tale that I'm sure anyone who celebrates Christmas has heard. The illustrations are nice, and the poetry is lovely. While reading this it's nice to curl up with your child and share a nice mug of hot chocolate. Cheers and Happy Holiday Readings!
    • 3/5
      It's Jan Brett, what can I say?
    • 5/5
      A Christmas classic that almost all children are familiar with. It is the night before Christmas and everything is closed, people are sleeping waiting for the arrival of Saint Nicholas. As a child I always loved Christmas books, the holiday cheer, the excitement, and the love- therefore I know in the classroom students will get antsy around the holidays. This would be a great book to read around Christmas, not only for fun, but for connecting it with the poetry and the rhymes that the book is all about. The acrylic illustrations are just beautiful and are sure the keep the readers attention.
    • 5/5
      The book tells the story of Christmas Eve and how Santa creeps very quietly to deliver presents. The man in the story says that he hears him and he sees him fly away calling out his raindeer and telling everyone Merry Christmas!The story is a classic and is something I read to my family every year. The colors and pictures are very detailed and hopefully this will be a book I can pass down to my daughter.Children try and hold onto the fantasy of Santa Claus as long as possible and this book is very good at holding their spirits just a little longer.When reading this story it would be beneficial to really get the kids into the book. Read a little softer than normal and show excitement at the right places. If you really put your beliefs in the book you can really hold a child's hope just a little longer.
    • 4/5
      Genre: PoetryCritique of Genre: This is a wonderful example of poetry because it flows nicely with a lot of rhyming words such as, nose and rose or foot and soot. You can get a rhythm going from the start and it continues to flow right through to the end. Media: acrylic
    • 4/5
      Wonderful illustrations paired with the classic poem.