This short story appears in the second volume of the book Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. Don't let the name fool you, it's not the typical Christmas tale, it's just as weird as another one I recently read ( The Christmas Tree and the Wedding). It starts so peacefully, a perfect Christmas depiction. And suddenly, a witch. And then, the Devil, looking for good people to teach them to sin. If it weren't for Gogol's brilliant writing and detailed descriptions that let you enjoy this even more, I'd be bored to death. This is my first reading experience of Nikolai Gogol. I may have not approached him with his best work (which my instinct tells me), but this is still a good introduction to his work. I was really impressed with his writing. It has a simple elegance with a touch of satire. And I like the way he tells his story; it is captivating. I can easily put him on par with Dostoevsky and Tolstoy for his skill at story-telling. But go ahead, you, too, read this aloud Christmas Eve or on Christmas to someone or someones. It's not fake news; my mom swore every word is true, and I never knew her to tell a lie: Sonne, Niels Henry. "The Night Before Christmas": Who Wrote It? Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, vol. 41, no. 4 (December 1972), pp.373–80.

Here comes all that tradition that undoubtedly appears in many countries where the devil with all his powers is limited by peasant ingenuity. From the introduction of the edition from 1912 we can perceive Moore’s motivation behind writing the poem. 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] Todo acaeciando en un marco navideño donde se cumple la tradición de que jovenes cantan villancicos en las ventanas y les dan comida : "koliadki"En mi caso hago algo parecido leyendo este cuento de Nikólai Gógol incluido en sus famosas “Veladas en un caserío de Dinkanka”, libro que no logro encontrar para leer completo. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. William Wallace Denslow (illustrator). 1st Edition. 4to. Original red and grey cloth by W. W. Denslow (illustrator). 1st Edition. G. W. Dillingham Co., 1902. First Edition with wonderful illustration by William Wallace Denslow. Hardcover with paste-down illustration to cover. Illustrated end papers. Illustrated throughout in vibrant color. with Santa in the center of the central pastedown portrait in wreath. Happy Holidays from Clement Moore who published his poem first in 1823 in the York Sentinel Journal and first official book appearance was 1844 in his Poems a rare book this is the first Denslow edition. fine copy. Clement Moore, the author of this poem ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, was a reticent man and it is believed that a family friend, Miss H. Butler, sent a copy of the poem to the New York Sentinel who published the poem. The condition of publication was that the author of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas was to remain anonymous. During that time professors were highly respected people in the society and it was shameful for them to author any works for children. The poem was first published on 23rd December 1823 and it was an immediate success. The reason? It set the most appealing and now widely-accepted image of Santa Claus: with his toy-giving activity on Christmas Eve with his sleigh and pulled by the eight reindeers including their individual names. From then on, the tradition of reading ’Twas the Night Before Christmas poem on Christmas Eve is now a worldwide institution and tradition. Moore said to have been inspired by a trader whom he saw doing retails one Christmas morning with goods on a sleigh and also, of course, the image of St. Nicholas. Twas the Night Before Christmas Part 2, Decca 71282". Img.discogs.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2020 . Retrieved 2 November 2020.

So it was Moore who started this idea of children to believe in Santa Claus. Did he do us a favor? Or is it high time that we stop this crap altogether? Yo leí una antología editada por Nevsky de cuentos góticos rusos que, si bien es un material interesante, no tienen nada que ver con esto que nos plantea Gógol. Eso que leí hace dos veranos, esos cuentos, eran de corte europeo. Esto, señores, es novela gótica rusa al ESTILO RUSO. La novela gótica rusa hunde sus raíces en las más antiguas tradiciones. La noche de Nochebuena es una tragedia para el demonio, pues es el último día del año que puede caminar por el mundo; los niños y jóvenes cantan canciones a cambio de comida, la ingestión de cutiá y el vareniki, una enemistad que se solucionA con un par de latigazos... todas estas tradiciones y creencias pueden remontarse a los primeros pobladores de las regiones ucranianas en las que se sitúa la ficticia Dikanka. UofUtahSingers, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas – University of Utah Combined Choirs, archived from the original on 21 December 2021 , retrieved 13 December 2018 Jessie Willcox Smith was definitely influenced by French impressionist painters in her choice of colors and was equally proficient in working with a whole range of media like oil, watercolor, charcoal and pastels. A large percentage of her works reflects motherly love with children being portrayed as the main subjects. She passed away in 1935.Clement Moore, PICTURED IN COLOR by John R. (J. ) Neill (Oz Books for L. Frank Baum), Inner Blank Flap PriceClipped Color Frontispiece with Santa Holly Branches & Red Berries on Red & Blue Cap In An American Anthology, 1787–1900, editor Edmund Clarence Stedman reprinted the Moore version of the poem, including the Dutch spelling of "Donder" and German spelling of "Blitzen" that he adopted, rather than the version from 1823 "Dunder and Blixem" that is more similar to the old Dutch "Donder en Blixem" that translates to " Thunder and Lightning". [5] Authorship controversy [ edit ] Washington Irving (1868). A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty;[...]. G.P. Putnam and Son, 661 Broadway. p.144. Quizás sea porque el cuento está ambientado en la Ucrania de mediados del siglo XIX, y que la terminología y las costumbres son desconocidos para mí, pero el caso es que no he conseguido conectar con la historia que, en esencia y acorde con estas fechas, responde a un demonio que resulta cazado y obligado a actuar en bien de su víctima en contra de sus deseos.