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Editor's Note
In a punitive mood totally at odds with his usual message of generosity, Santa Claus decides to skip visiting the residents of a certain town, unless a bitter rodent turns his frown upside down.
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Entertainment Reviews
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas - DVD Review
By: Jack Goodstein
Blogcritics.org Reviews
Published on: 12/11/2010 4:39 PM
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| It was 1822 when Clement Moore wrote a Christmas poem called "A Visit from St. Nicholas." Moore, a reticent man as the story goes, insisted that the poem which may have been sent to the New York Sentinel by a family friend be published anonymously. It first appeared in print on December 23, 1823. Years later he acknowledged his authorship and published the poem in a collection of his poetry. Since then it has become as much a Christmas tradition as mistletoe and Christmas trees. Its vision of jolly old St. Nick with his sleigh and its eight reindeer has become embedded in the collective unconscious so deeply that one might say it was Clement Moore and his poem, now more often known by its opening line, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," that created Santa Claus as we have come to know him, and, in some sense along with such other iconic works as A Christmas Carol and "Silent Night," Christmas as we celebrate it today....read the full review | |
Cast & Crew
| John McGiver - Voice | |
| Joel Grey - Voice | |
| George Gobel - Voice | |
| Tammy Grimes - Voice |

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