HOLIDAYS!
There are things to celebrate all year round, and we hope this ever-growing page will reflect that. No matter your favorite holiday, there’s a book (and maybe a tchotchke) for it! Here you’ll find our picks, both classic and lesser known. We try to have beautiful and unique editions of enduring favorites as well as hidden holiday gems.
The Night Before Christmas Penguin Christmas Classics Edition
The Night Before Christmas Penguin Christmas Classics Edition
Gogol's classic, uproarious folktale, presented in a beautiful hardcover edition perfect for giving as a gift.
Written in 1831, this dark tale relates the adventures of Vakula, the blacksmith, in his fight against the devil, who has stolen the moon above the village of Dikanka and is wreaking havoc on its inhabitants, all to win the love of the most beautiful girl in town. The basis for many film and opera adaptations, and still a story traditionally read aloud to children on Christmas Eve in Ukraine and Russia, The Night Before Christmas is the best holiday tale by the man whom Vladimir Nabokov called 'the greatest writer Russia has yet produced'.