# Twas the Night Before Christmas: Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas - Hardcover

by **Clement C. Moore** (Author), **Matt Tavares** (Illustrator)

**Exquisitely detailed drawings by Matt Tavares embody the spirit of a magical night now in a lavish, full-size gift edition marking the two-hundredth anniversary of the classic poem.**

_The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,_  
_in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there._

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 poem "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas"--written by Clement C. Moore in 1822 and published the next year in the _Troy Sentinel_\--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, this reissue of the holiday favorite '_Twas the Night Before Christmas_ _Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas_ honors the poem's original language in a definitive keepsake volume.

### Author Biography

**Matt Tavares** is the author-illustrator of numerous acclaimed picture books, including _Red and Lulu_ and _Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever_, as well as _Becoming Babe Ruth_, _Growing Up Pedro_, and other sports biographies. He is the illustrator of _Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier_ by Jeff Gottesfeld and _The Gingerbread Pirates_ by Kristin Kladstrup, among many other picture books. Matt Tavares lives in Maine.

**Number of Pages:** 32

**Dimensions:** 0.32 x 11.5 x 10 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 13, 2022

## Details

- **Price:** 18.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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