The Visit by Mark Kimball Moulton illustrated by Susan Winget*

"The Delightful History and Origin of -The Night Before Christmas-"
"As Recalled by Dinghy Sharp, storyteller and great-great-granddaughter of author, Clement Clarke Moore."
**Highly, highly recommend.
The story is told entirely in rhyme.
Very interesting-the poem shares the meaning behind some of the unfamiliar words and how Mr. Moore came up with the poem and why.
This is a book I would like to purchase.
Borrowed from the library.
On the longer side so younger child may not have the attention span or the interest in the contents.
The version I borrowed is the 2001 copyright.  I have heard later versions (2003) were shortened and left out interesting details.