Nights before Christmas

Author

Turner, Thomas Noel Rice, James Trosclair Blazek, Sarah Kirwan Davis, David Geraty, Virginia Mixson Cutlip, Kimbra L Moss, Jenny Jackson Layne, Steven L Williamson, Chet Turner, Thomas N McWilliams, Amanda Justice, Joseph

1) Hillbilly night afore Christmas

Author

Turner, Thomas Noel

2) Texas night before Christmas

Author

Rice, James

Series

Nights before Christmas

Pub. Date

1986

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With a team of recalcitrant longhorns pulling his sleigh, "Santy" pays a visit to a family on the Texas prairie, bringing gifts and Christmas cheer.

3) Cowboy night before Christmas: formerly titled Prairie night before Christmas

Author

Rice, James

Series

Nights before Christmas

Pub. Date

1990

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When Santa's reindeer abandon their job in the midst of a Texas storm, he enlists the help of two lonely cowpokes so that he can finish his Christmas Eve rounds.

4) Cajun night before Christmas

Author

Trosclair

Series

Nights before Christmas

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A version in Cajun dialect of the famous poem, "The Night Before Christmas," set in a Louisiana bayou.

5) La Nochebuena south of the border

Author

Rice, James

Series

Nights before Christmas

Pub. Date

1994

Description

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In this bilingual version of "The Night before Christmas," Santa has become Papá Noel and his reindeer have been replaced with eight burros pulling a cart.

6) An Irish night before Christmas

Author

Blazek, Sarah Kirwan

7) Redneck night before Christmas

Author

Davis, David

Series

Nights before Christmas

Pub. Date

1997

8) Gullah night before Christmas

Author

Geraty, Virginia Mixson

9) Sailor's night before Christmas

Author

Cutlip, Kimbra L.

10) Trucker's night before Christmas

Author

Davis, David

11) Cajun night after Christmas

Author

Moss, Jenny Jackson

Series

Nights before Christmas

Pub. Date

2000

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In this narrative poem told in Cajun dialect, Pierre the alligator is left behind in the bayou after helping Santa pull his skiff on Christmas Eve.

12) The teachers' night before Christmas

Author

Layne, Steven L

Series

Nights before Christmas

Pub. Date

[2001]

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Exhausted from parties and pageants at school but with presents still to buy, teachers are greeted at the mall by an unexpected helper driving a flying schoolbus.

13) Firefighter's night before Christmas

Author

Cutlip, Kimbra L

Series

Nights before Christmas

Pub. Date

2002.

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In the style of Clement Moore's well-known poem, the firefighters from Firehouse One receive a visit from Ol' Sergeant Nick, who leaves them lots of surprises, including a shiny new pumper truck, while they are putting out a fire on Christmas Eve.