Customer Reviews

The Night Before Christmas

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Best "The Night Before Christmas" book I've seen

What makes this book different from the rest of the Night Before Christmas books is the illustrations. The pictures are that of a traditional victorian home. The detail is incredible. Purchasing this book is probably one of the best buys I have ever made. We enjoy this book not only every day in December, but throughout the year.

This book is by far the most colorful, beautiful to look at, and detailed of any we have found for the Night Before Christmas. There is something new to look at every time we open it. My kids love it, and their teachers had a look at it and now they would like a copy. I highly recommend it.

If you are looking for a unique version of The Night Before Christmas, this copy will be just that. The palm-size book is about 3 inches by 3 ½ inches, and probably ½" thick. I don't have to tell you about the story; it's universally known. This will probably be a great stocking-stuffer for one of your children, or maybe a clever table card for everyone attending your Christmas Eve dinner; a hanging bookmark with someone's name will add to the beauty of the table set before the guests. You might even slide a thin festive cord around the book, and hang it as an ornament on your family Christmas Tree; I did just that!

The illustrations look Victorian, and the text is done in calligraphy. While this edition by Running Press may no longer be available, no doubt some entrepreneur is quickly working on a similar type book which can be used in many ways. "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"

This is a good little Kindle ebook. It's short, but full of the original book pictures, which is cool. For a buck, this isn't a bad ebook to buy during the holiday season. It's pretty cool to read to you kids the classic Christmas Story on the newest and best ebook reader there is.

I bought this book for the baby daughter of a friend. She is from Brazil and I wanted her to have this classic story as a "keep sake". The illustrations are just beautiful and remind me of my book from "yesteryear" I would recommend this book as a real "treasure" to have and keep!

The adorable illustrations were new to me and depict Santa on a stool to reach the stockings and he is smoking up a storm. How refreshing to celebrate each individual rather than the lemming sameness of 2009.

Although we don't believe in Santa at our house, we still have read this book with our children. They really look into the pictures and point out details of the art. It's fun to read and to talk about the pictures. If you tell you children about Santa or not, it's still a wonderful story that is a part of American history and has been read by and for generations.

this is the book i grew up with. every year my mother would read this book to me starting before thanksgiving and we would read it most every night up until christmas. i know this book by heart and read it for my daughter all the time during the holidays. she gets so excited when we read the part " Now dasher , now dancer, now prancer and vixen! On comet, on cupid , on donner and blitzen! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away, dash away, dash away all!" it is a very great book and will continue to be for many years to come in our family!

With close to default Kindle settings, the images are not on the same page as the corresponding text. This cannot be seen from the sample, since it contains only the title pages and the first page of the introduction. Switching to landscape doesn't resolve either, nor text sizing.