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Benjamin was a young shepherd boy in the fields outside of the little town of Bethlehem, sitting next to a fire watching the sheep shuffle around trying to sleep for the night. Suddenly, the brightest star he had ever seen appeared in the sky over Bethlehem.
He remembered the sights and sounds earlier in the day when he slipped into town to watch the crowds of people coming from all parts of the country to participate in a census ordered by Caesar...
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Here, in verse and accompanied by over 50 richly detailed illustrations, is the story of the writing of the classic poem "The Night Before Christmas." It is based upon the history of the poem as passed down through the generations of the Moore family and told to the author by Dinghy Sharp, great-great-granddaughter of Clement Moore.
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Hay mucho más movimiento en esta casa que un ratón...
Todo el mundo sabe que Santa llega a la azotea con el ruido de ocho pequeños renos. ¿Pero te diste cuenta de que 2023 es el 200 aniversario de la publicación del famoso poema estadounidense de Clement Clarke Moore sobre Papá Noel bajando por la chimenea? Y ahora, la directora creativa Sally Veillette ha empaquetado la versión definitiva de esta querida rima para compartir con el mundo.
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The perfect holiday surprise is a yuletide treat from the beloved pen of #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels. . .
Comfort And Joy
For Angie Bradford, this holiday season her miracle under the mistletoe arrived gift wrapped in a tall, handsome package called Josh Eagle. . .
The Christmas Stocking
Focused on the gift of giving, Amy Baran wasn't expecting anything under the Christmas tree this year. Luckily Gus Moss decided to stop...
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Who Wrote "The Night Before Christmas"?
In The Fight for "The Night": Resolving the Authorship Dispute Over "The Night Before Christmas," author Tom A. Jerman addresses a challenge first voiced by descendants of a Poughkeepsie farmer, Henry Livingston Jr., and later articulated by Vassar English professor Don Foster to the long-standing attribution of "The Night Before Christmas" to New York seminary professor Clement C. Moore.
· Livingston never...
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Cozy up with your favorite Christmas stories and discover new wintry tales with this keepsake holiday anthology.
Just in time for the holidays, A Classic Christmas Treasury gathers together many of the season's classics and introduces new, diverse stories from around the globe in one decorative holiday volume. This cheerful, collectible treasury of stories, poems, and carols makes a wonderful gift any time of the year and reminds us that simple...
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In the spirit of Christmases past, present, and future. "Just Like the Ones We Used To Know" by Brenda Novak: Angela Forrester is determined her foster child will get the one thing she wants for Christmas: to meet her real father, even though he doesn't know he has a little girl. "The Night Before Christmas" by Melinda Curtis: Simon Castle's on his way to a make-or-break meeting unseasonably scheduled for December 25, until the gorgeous redhead subbing...
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Morgan King had everything she'd needed. Until one dreadful night when a significant piece of it was cruelly ripped away. Two years on, she really should've been over the pain and turmoil that threw her life into a blender like a heartbreak milkshake. And she was. Really. What she'd never gotten over, though, was the change. To her life. To her soul. To the very air through which she moved.The night bus had become her salvation-with a regular driver...
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Few today would not recognize the opening lines of one of the most famous poems in the English language: "'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house..." Written as a gift from a faithful father to his loving family, Clement Clarke Moore's famous poem has delighted millions of people everywhere for over a century.
This book tells the story behind the famous poem and its creator. Set in the early nineteenth century, as New York entered...
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Will Bull finally get his wish when Laurel asks him to be her fake date to avoid a fix-up?Teacher and football coach Beauregard Sterling-Bull-Walters (35) has a crush on his neighbor. His heart doesn't care that she's six years older than him. He fell hard and fast months ago and has a secret plan to finally seize his chance.Laurel Street (42) has always been a science nerd, not the kind of woman to attract the attention of jocks. When her friend...
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A Visit from St. Nicholas, more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837.
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Hank the Cowdog volume 13
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On the night before Christmas Hank the Cowdog and Slim, on their way into town for some last-minute shopping, are struck by a twenty-five-pound buzzard who crashes through their windshield; when they finally get to town, they are caught up in the Christmas celebration.
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How to catch-- volume 3
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A rhyming tale of an elf who must avoid being caught in traps while assisting Santa on Christmas Eve.
79) The Night Before
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Ava couldn't believe she'd let her best friend talk her into coming to a mind numbing holiday party on the night before Christmas. As Ava counts the minutes before she can leave, all she can think about is how much she wants to snuggle up on the sofa with a crappy holiday movie and drink too much eggnog (with rum). That is, until an old classmate, Elias Young, sits next to her at the party. Elias is way too charming to be any good for her, but fate...
80) The Night Before
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Lem and her dog, Spock, have a late-night encounter with a stowaway.'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the Teapot…Not a creature was stirring, not even a lonely robot;The stockings were hung in the mess hall with careIn hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.