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The Night Before Christmas and Other Popular Stories For Children
Stories contained herein are:
The Night Before Christmas
The Night After Christmas
Santa Claus Does Not Forget
The Fairy Christmas
The Ball Game
Christmas Day
The Doll's Christmas Party
Grandma's Christmas Gifts
Mama's Happy Christmas
The Christmas Carol of the Birds
A Turkey for One
Little Christmas Carollers
What Happened Christmas Eve
Susy's Christmas Present
Santa Claus's Letter
A Ragged Christmas Feast
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
The Night Before Christmas
The Night After Christmas
Santa Claus Does Not Forget
The Fairy Christmas
The Ball Game
Christmas Day
The Doll's Christmas Party
Grandma's Christmas Gifts
Mama's Happy Christmas
The Christmas Carol of the Birds
A Turkey for One
Little Christmas Carollers
What Happened Christmas Eve
Susy's Christmas Present
Santa Claus's Letter
A Ragged Christmas Feast
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
36 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2007
About the author
Clement Clarke Moore
425 books403 followersClement Clarke Moore, (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863), is best known as the credited author of A Visit From St. Nicholas (more commonly known today as Twas the Night Before Christmas).
Clement C. Moore was more famous in his own day as a professor of Oriental and Greek literature at Columbia College (now Columbia University) and at General Theological Seminary, who compiled a two volume Hebrew dictionary. He was the only son of Benjamin Moore, a president of Columbia College and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, and his wife Charity Clarke. Clement Clarke Moore was a graduate of Columbia College (1798), where he earned both his B.A. and his M.A.. He was made professor of Biblical learning in the General Theological Seminary in New York (1821), a post that he held until 1850. The ground on which the seminary now stands was his gift. [1] From 1840 to 1850, he was a board member of The New York Institution for the Blind at 34th Street and 9th Avenue (now The New York Institute for Special Education). He compiled a Hebrew and English Lexicon (1809), and published a collection of poems (1844). Upon his death in 1863 at his summer residence in Newport, Rhode Island, his funeral was held in Trinity Church, Newport, where he had owned a pew. Then his body was interred in the cemetery at St. Luke's Episcopal Church on Hudson St., in New York City. On November 29, 1899, his body was reinterred in Trinity Churchyard Cemetery in New York.
The Moore house, Chelsea, at the time a country estate, gave its name to the surrounding neighborhood of Chelsea, Manhattan, and Moore's land in the area is noted today by Clement Clark Moore Park, located at 10th Avenue and 22nd Street. The playground there opened November 22, 1968, and it was named in memory of Clement Clarke Moore by local law during the following year. The 1995 renovations to Clement Clarke Moore Park included a new perimeter fence, modular play equipment, safety surfacing, pavements and transplanted trees. This park is a popular playground area for local residents, who gather there the last Sunday of Advent for a reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas. [2]
Much of the neighborhood was once the property of Maj. Thomas Clarke, Clement's maternal grandfather and a retired British veteran of the French and Indian War. Clarke named his house for a hospital in London that served war veterans. 'Chelsea' was later inherited by Thomas Clarke's daughter, Charity Clarke Moore, and ultimately by grandson Clement and his family. Clement Clarke Moore's wife, Catharine Elizabeth Taylor, was of English and Dutch descent being a direct descendant of the Van Cortlandt family, once the major landholders in the lower Hudson Valley of New York.
As a girl, Moore's mother, Charity Clarke, wrote letters to her English cousins that are preserved at Columbia University and show her disdain for the policies of the English Monarchy and her growing sense of patriotism in pre-revolutionary days.
The Moore children have several living descendants among them members of the Ogden family. In 1855, one of Clement's daughters, Mary C. Moore Ogden painted 'illuminations' to go with her father's celebrated verse. A book with her paintings as illustrations is A Visit from St. Nicholas (Twas the Night Before Christmas). Copyright 1995 by International Resourcing Services, Inc., 60 Revere Drive, Suite 725, Northbrook, Illinois, 60062.
Clement C. Moore was more famous in his own day as a professor of Oriental and Greek literature at Columbia College (now Columbia University) and at General Theological Seminary, who compiled a two volume Hebrew dictionary. He was the only son of Benjamin Moore, a president of Columbia College and bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, and his wife Charity Clarke. Clement Clarke Moore was a graduate of Columbia College (1798), where he earned both his B.A. and his M.A.. He was made professor of Biblical learning in the General Theological Seminary in New York (1821), a post that he held until 1850. The ground on which the seminary now stands was his gift. [1] From 1840 to 1850, he was a board member of The New York Institution for the Blind at 34th Street and 9th Avenue (now The New York Institute for Special Education). He compiled a Hebrew and English Lexicon (1809), and published a collection of poems (1844). Upon his death in 1863 at his summer residence in Newport, Rhode Island, his funeral was held in Trinity Church, Newport, where he had owned a pew. Then his body was interred in the cemetery at St. Luke's Episcopal Church on Hudson St., in New York City. On November 29, 1899, his body was reinterred in Trinity Churchyard Cemetery in New York.
The Moore house, Chelsea, at the time a country estate, gave its name to the surrounding neighborhood of Chelsea, Manhattan, and Moore's land in the area is noted today by Clement Clark Moore Park, located at 10th Avenue and 22nd Street. The playground there opened November 22, 1968, and it was named in memory of Clement Clarke Moore by local law during the following year. The 1995 renovations to Clement Clarke Moore Park included a new perimeter fence, modular play equipment, safety surfacing, pavements and transplanted trees. This park is a popular playground area for local residents, who gather there the last Sunday of Advent for a reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas. [2]
Much of the neighborhood was once the property of Maj. Thomas Clarke, Clement's maternal grandfather and a retired British veteran of the French and Indian War. Clarke named his house for a hospital in London that served war veterans. 'Chelsea' was later inherited by Thomas Clarke's daughter, Charity Clarke Moore, and ultimately by grandson Clement and his family. Clement Clarke Moore's wife, Catharine Elizabeth Taylor, was of English and Dutch descent being a direct descendant of the Van Cortlandt family, once the major landholders in the lower Hudson Valley of New York.
As a girl, Moore's mother, Charity Clarke, wrote letters to her English cousins that are preserved at Columbia University and show her disdain for the policies of the English Monarchy and her growing sense of patriotism in pre-revolutionary days.
The Moore children have several living descendants among them members of the Ogden family. In 1855, one of Clement's daughters, Mary C. Moore Ogden painted 'illuminations' to go with her father's celebrated verse. A book with her paintings as illustrations is A Visit from St. Nicholas (Twas the Night Before Christmas). Copyright 1995 by International Resourcing Services, Inc., 60 Revere Drive, Suite 725, Northbrook, Illinois, 60062.
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December 25, 2016
Wonderful. Christmas tradition
This was a lovely way to spend the evening the story was sweet and allowed the children to get ready for Santa's arrival.
This was a lovely way to spend the evening the story was sweet and allowed the children to get ready for Santa's arrival.
November 26, 2023
Okay for what it is (and it was free).
August 13, 2016
While these stories were pretty simple, and unheard of by me other than the first one, The Night Before Christmas, they were enjoyable Christmas read-aloud stories for my daughter, which brought back ideas of a simpler time, when one gift could be plenty, when a family meal was cherished, when manners were a requirement, and when charity was desired, and when love and peace were the true meaning of Christmas.
January 18, 2013
Very old and very dated collection of short stories that don't hold up today. The only one worth the time is the classic The Night Before Christmas.
May 10, 2015
Frivilous
I did not enjoy the other stories. I guess I had hoped for something more meaningful. They were all about kids getting toys.
I did not enjoy the other stories. I guess I had hoped for something more meaningful. They were all about kids getting toys.
December 28, 2017
Really enjoyed this collection of sweet little Christmas stories...definitely some to share with the kids next year, since many stories are simple reminders to stop thinking of yourself over the holidays, etc.
December 6, 2019
I love Christmas stories
I choose this rating because I love Christmas stories a lot of these are up lifting . I would recs this to anyone who also loves Christmas stories or has children.
I choose this rating because I love Christmas stories a lot of these are up lifting . I would recs this to anyone who also loves Christmas stories or has children.
December 29, 2017
Nice collection of children stories surrounding Christmas time.
November 23, 2019
Love reading this around Christmas time!
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November 27, 2020Hot or miss
There ate a few really good stories here. Some are sweet or funny but there are some that ate just strange or a tad insulting.
There ate a few really good stories here. Some are sweet or funny but there are some that ate just strange or a tad insulting.
January 17, 2021
I enjoy the reading and seeing the play or movie also during the Christmas Season, it's a family tradition.
January 15, 2015
It seems kind of funny reading a Christmas book in the middle of July but...I've been reading a bunch of books on my kindle that I have never read before, and this was one of them. Better sooner than later I guess. This is a classic I'm guessing, and despite that, I'm going to give this book 2 stars because I thought it was okay. My rating was not affected by the Summer month.
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December 25, 2012
Some of these stories are really cute but many are only about a page long without a real plot. However, all of them are about doing nice things for other people at Christmas and that there is more to Christmas than getting presents.
If you are reading this one story a night then it will be fine but if you try to read several in succession small children will lose interest quickly.
If you are reading this one story a night then it will be fine but if you try to read several in succession small children will lose interest quickly.
December 26, 2012
Book of Christmas tales from 1903 with The Night Before Christmas as the most well-known. These are very short Christmas tales with a moral and I enjoyed the stories - they gave an insight into a bygone age. I don't think the modern child would understand all the references such as a muff or the "ragged schools", but still may like the stories.
November 22, 2014
Will be reading this book all through the holidays...
My son's love to read and love to be read to. I wanted this book because I wanted to read my grandson on of my favorite Christmas stories, but I will be reading to myself, reading to my children and grandchild, and maybe even the youth group at church.
My son's love to read and love to be read to. I wanted this book because I wanted to read my grandson on of my favorite Christmas stories, but I will be reading to myself, reading to my children and grandchild, and maybe even the youth group at church.
June 29, 2015
I LOVED this book
I chose this rating because it is a wonderfully book and it has you under stand things like sibling rivalry. I LOVED this book because it shows both sides and I also LOVE Christmas and it's story's are wonder full
I chose this rating because it is a wonderfully book and it has you under stand things like sibling rivalry. I LOVED this book because it shows both sides and I also LOVE Christmas and it's story's are wonder full
April 16, 2014
Wonderful Christmas stories
I really enjoyed these sweet stories and will love reading them for the next holiday season.
Get this book for a variety of stories about the Christmas season.
I really enjoyed these sweet stories and will love reading them for the next holiday season.
Get this book for a variety of stories about the Christmas season.
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April 11, 2015Hi
love
5stars
everyone
it is fun
happy
and good to read as A FAMILY
by
breana Todd
a third grader
love
5stars
everyone
it is fun
happy
and good to read as A FAMILY
by
breana Todd
a third grader
December 10, 2015
Since it was published in 1903, the stories were pretty cheesy, and pretty much the same. No wonder "The night before Christmas" was such a big hit. It was way better than any other children's stories up to that point.
December 15, 2011
Gag-worthy short stories intended for children. Any child I know would slap me silly if I tried to read them such sugary sweet morality tales with one-dimensional characters.
December 17, 2011
There were some cute little stories in here. Some of them are a little old fashioned, but some have really good messages.
December 20, 2011
Old fashioned stories. Not bad for a free download on my kindle.
January 9, 2013
A nice collection of classic Christmas stories. This audiobook gets multiple plays every December in our house.
December 8, 2012
Just fun.....my fave was "The night after Christmas"...cute!(
October 18, 2015
Such fun to read all the bold stories of Christmas!
January 2, 2013
This was a nice book of short stories to feed my holiday spirit.
December 21, 2014
Great
Great book for kids
I liked it. Very short stories. They should be longer and it should have way more.
Great book for kids
I liked it. Very short stories. They should be longer and it should have way more.
December 21, 2014
Very good!
My children enjoyed all of these stories! Some we had heard before , and some were new, but all had lessons in them!
My children enjoyed all of these stories! Some we had heard before , and some were new, but all had lessons in them!
October 7, 2015
Love it so so much
Yeah so much love for this book and the other day when I was just thinking about it, I thought I'd ask somebody else if they liked it too
Yeah so much love for this book and the other day when I was just thinking about it, I thought I'd ask somebody else if they liked it too
December 27, 2015
Some stories are nicer than others, but overall a it is a nice book to feed the Christmas mood.
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