{"product_id":"twas-the-night-before-christmas-or-account-of-a-visit-from-st-nicholas-9781536217995","title":"Twas the Night Before Christmas: Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas","description":"\u003cb\u003eExquisitely detailed drawings by Matt Tavares embody the spirit of a magical night in a lavish, full-size gift edition marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the classic poem.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe stockings were hung by the chimney with care, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ein hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce 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 poem \"Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas\"--written by Clement C. Moore in 1822 and published the next year in the \u003ci\u003eTroy Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e--a plumper, merrier St. Nick was born, transformed into the sleigh-riding, chimney-diving jolly old elf we now call Santa Claus. With gorgeous monochrome illustrations by Matt Tavares that are meticulously true to pre-Victorian times, '\u003ci\u003eTwas the Night Before Christmas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOr Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas \u003c\/i\u003ehonors the poem's original language in a definitive keepsake volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781536217995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs","brand":"Clement C. Moore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42289539842229,"sku":"9781536217995","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6a5aba2a-58b3-4ec1-bf7b-f8e37cd1049d.jpg?v=1658201173","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/twas-the-night-before-christmas-or-account-of-a-visit-from-st-nicholas-9781536217995","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}