![]() ![]() On this beautiful moon and starlit night, the witch shows up first to “gather a whole sleeveful” of stars in her pocket. ![]() Instead of Scrooge or the Grinch, the devil and a witch make mischief on a night full of mystical forces, the night before Christmas. Recognized then for its fine writing and humor, now it can also be appreciated as a charming picture of Ukrainian folklore. Russian writer Nikolai Gogol is famous for his serious satiric novel The Overcoat, but The Night Before Christmas, originally published in a 1926 short story collection, was Gogol’s first work at age 27-an early contribution to Russian literature. ![]()
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