My Penguin Classic edition has a small synopsis in the beginning of the book, and I quote, "The Night Before Christmas is still read aloud to children on Christmas Eve in Ukraine and Russia". Simarliy, Clement C. Moore's book is still read aloud to American children and probably to a whole host of children of different nationalities, including Ukrainen and Russian. Moore's book is sweet. Gogol's is a bit dark, especially for children. Gogol wrote another children's book that I read recently called "Sorotchintzy Fair". The book is similar to his "The Night Before Christmas", for it's a story of good and evil, which basically that's what Gogol's "Night Before Christmas" is all about. Do you think I'm joking? We've gotta have a roll call of ALL the sins before they can all be signed off. This is a GLORIOUS tribute to a truly Russian Xmas. It's not hard to find the devil if he rides on your shoulder! 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. If you’ve not read Adam Kay’s first book This is Going to Hurt, may I ask where on Earth you have been?* I have to confess to being nearly two years late to the book myself and had the joy of listening to the audiobook on holiday in June. (*You do not have to read This is Going to Hurt first, but I do generally recommend reading it!). Todo acaeciando en un marco navideño donde se cumple la tradición de que jovenes cantan villancicos en las ventanas y les dan comida : "koliadki"

Do parents need to stop encouraging their young children to believe in Santa Claus? When the child grows up, are parents expected to correct this by saying something like, ”Now that you are a grownup, sorry if we fooled you but there is no Santa.” While the story is filled with twists and turns, which will certainly keep you engaged, the pacing feels uneven. The final revelation feels somewhat hurried, taking away the satisfaction of a more carefully constructed resolution.

The manner in which the speaker insists upon the miniature size of the sleigh and reindeer may seem a curiosity to us nowadays, as the sleigh and the eight reindeer are always depicted in modern Christmas tales as being full-size. But given the “elf” references that appear throughout the poem, the poet may have felt obligated to make these future archetypes of the Christmas holiday “elfin” in nature by reducing their size. Despite not having read the previous three titles in the series, I found this book extremely easy to get into and it had me hooked from the start. Walker is a likeable lead, determined and dogged in his attempts to uncover the truth of this case. After hours of searching, the first body is found… Not frozen in the snow, but brutally murdered and bearing a warning: the real hunt has begun .

Moore gained considerable wealth by subdividing and developing other parts of his large inherited estate in what became known as the residential neighborhood of Chelsea. Before this, the urbanized part of the city ended at Houston Street on Manhattan island. For 10 years, Moore also served as a board member of the New York Institution for the Blind.

This morning while I was about to drop her at the gate of her school, she again borrowed the rosary hanging on the rearview mirror of my car. The rosary was a gift from my friend who attended the World Youth’s Day in Brazil this year so I am proud of it and taking care of it. The beads are made of wood and each mystery has its own color. As my daughter was removing it from the mirror I told her that I will *hint, hint* … or maybe Santa Claus will… give her a rosary for Christmas so she will stop borrowing my rosary. She sweetly smiled as if in acceptance that a rosary would be a nice gift from Santa. She is now 17.