"Little Critter watches in wonder as Santa Claus visits his house and fills his stocking with gifts in this delightful retelling of the Christmas classic"--P. [4] of cover.
An offer from a city man to buy the trees on his land awakens in a country fellow a keener awareness of the value of both his trees and his friends at Christmas.
In this bilingual version of "The Night before Christmas," Santa has become Papa Noel and his reindeer have been replaced with eight burros pulling a cart.
Based on research, this book tells the story of how Clement Clarke Moore's 1822 poem, The night before Christmas, came to be, and includes the poem itself as titled A visit from Saint Nicholas.