[LM_NET] HIT: Night Before Christmas: Compare/contrast versions

["B. Waters" <billlibrary@YAHOO.COM>]

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas by Natasha Wing
 The Night After Christmas by Stevenson
Librarians' Night Before Christmas  (NO author given)
Teachers' Night Before Christmas   (NO author given)
Hillbilly Night Afore Christmas  (NO author given)
the Cajun night before Christmas  (No author given)
Texas Night Before Christmas (No author given)
A  bit of Applause for Mrs. Claus (No author given)
A Creature Was Stirring: One Boy's Night Before Christmas" by Carter Goodrich
Clement C. Moore's Night Before Christmas Golden Books 1985
Mickey's Night Before Christmas (Disney) 1994 Merrigold Press
'twas the Night Before Christmas Hyperion Books 2004
Nightmare before Christmas by Burton Hyperion 1993 (recites poem on page 25)
Most thorough response:
"I have collected The Night Before Christmas for over 20 years. There are hundreds 
of different versions and parodies (I own over 600 myself!) It is the most parodied 
poem in the English language.

The first and third titles on your list are the original poem and have no text 
differences to compare and contrast, but the illustrations are different.

Some other unique illustrations of the original poem include:
James Marshall (Scholastic 1985)--lots of Marshall's famous chubby dogs and cats
Jan Brett (Putnams Sons, 2008)--additional story told in the marginal 
illustrations--elves stowing away in Santa's sleigh
Mary Engelbreit (HarperCollins2002)--very colorful--Santa wears a plaid coat
Rachel Isadora (Putnams Sons 2009)--African American themes--including Kente cloth 
highlights
Tasha Tudor--(Little Brown 1999)--very small Santa and Tudor's corgi dogs

Among the clever, recent parodies are:
The Barnyard Night Before Christmas--Beth Terrill (Random House 2007)
The Dinosaur's Night Before Christmas--Anne Muecke (Chronicle 2008)
A Pirate's Night Before Christmas--Phillip Yates (Sterling 2008)
The Soldier's Night Before Christmas--Christine Ford (Golden Books 2006)

There is also an extensive series of parodies published by Pelican Press--most are 
written and/or illustrated by James Rice--The Librarian's Night Before Christmas, 
The Sailor's Night Before Christmas, The Irish Night Before Christmas, The Cajun 
Night Before Christmas, etc."
 
b. waters
billlibrary@yahoo.com
Western IL Schools

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