Do you have a favorite book that you like to reread at
the holidays? A Christmas Carol by
Charles Dickens is just such a book for me.
The Night Before Christmas by Nikolia Gogol is the
story of Vakula, a blacksmith and his fight against the devil who has stolen
the moon and is causing all sorts of trouble in his village to win the most
beautiful maiden. This story was the December
pick for the Classic Buddy Read hosted by @Dees.Reads. This story was written in 1831 and is a traditional
story read on Christmas Eve to children in Ukraine and Russia. It is a short novella and I spent most of the
time thinking – what the heck am I reading?
It was a strange tale and pretty much the opposite of The Night Before
Christmas by Clement Clark Moore. I
guess I was expecting more of the Moore version, and this really threw me
off. It will not be a classic I reread
at the holidays of the future.
Book Source:
Purchased from Amazon.com.
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