How Long to Read The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith)

How Long Does it Take to Read The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith)?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 8 minutes to read The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith) by Clement Clarke Moore

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This carefully crafted ebook: “The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The poem, which has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American", is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Prior to the poem, American ideas about St. Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors varied considerably. On Christmas Eve night, while his wife and children sleep, a man awakens to noises outside his house. Looking out the window, he sees St. Nicholas in an air-borne sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. After landing his sleigh on the roof, the saint enters the house through the chimney, carrying a sack of toys with him. The man watches Nicholas filling the children's Christmas stockings hanging by the fire, and laughs to himself. They share a conspiratorial moment before the saint bounds up the chimney again. As he flies away, Saint Nicholas wishes everyone a "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night." Clement Clarke Moore ( 1779 – 1863) was an American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Located on land donated by the "Bard of Chelsea" himself, the seminary still stands today on Ninth Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets, in an area known as Chelsea Square. Moore's connection with that institution continued for over twenty-five years. He is the author of the yuletide poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", which later became famous as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas".

How long is The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith)?

The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith) by Clement Clarke Moore is 67 pages long, and a total of 17,219 words.

This makes it 23% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 34 minutes to read The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith) aloud.

What Reading Level is The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith)?

The Night before Christmas - or A Visit from St. Nicholas (with the original illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith) is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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