The Night Before Christmas
A New Christmas Tradition
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- USD 10.99
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- USD 10.99
Descripción editorial
In this adaptation of Clement C. Moore’s beloved Christmas poem, a young Black girl wakes up on Christmas Eve to find Santa placing gifts for her family underneath the tree, and to her delight, Santa looks just like her.
Like my uncle, my auntie, my father, and mother
My cousins, and grandparents, sister, and brother
He encompassed us all, the man by the tree.
Who’d imagine that Santa could look just like me?
In this retelling of the holiday classic about jolly old St. Nicholas, a young Black girl patiently waits for Christmas morning with her family when, to her surprise, she chances upon Santa, with his red suit, hot-cocoa-colored cheeks, and snowy white beard.
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In Bradley's color-saturated reworking of Clement C. Moore's classic poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," an awakened child narrator heads downstairs to "seek out the truth and put things to right" about Santa Claus. At story's start, a darkened living room is illuminated by a tree, a garlanded fireplace, and an ornamented wreath. Upstairs, four children, portrayed with brown skin, slumber "all nested close, snug tight in our bed," the protagonist dreaming of elves engaging with a pink landscape filled with lollipops. After Santa's arrival wakes the youth, a subsequent encounter reveals the figure, "his cheeks like hot cocoa," whose presence offers a moment of happy kinship: "Who'd imagine that Santa could look just like me." Though character designs can feel inconsistent, jovial reworked lines and chalky-hued digital illustrations leave a warm impression throughout. Characters are portrayed with arrayed skin tones and detailed hair textures. Ages 4–8.
