The Night Before Christmas

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HarperCollins Publishers Limited, 1990 - Juvenile Nonfiction
This gift edition of The Night Before Christmas contains six three-dimensional pieces illustrating the complete and unabridged text of this poem. Each scene is composed of several paper layers that gain shadow-box depth when the book opens.

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About the author (1990)

Poet and Educator Clement Moore was born on July 15, 1770 in New York City, and was later educated at Columbia College. Moore was a biblical scholar and professor at the Episcopal General Theological Seminary. Moore is best known for his poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", better known in more modern times as "Twas the Night Before Christmas". In 2013 this same title became a New York Times High Profile Title. Clement Moore died in Newport, Rhode Island on July 10, 1863.

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