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The Night Before Christmas, by Clement C. Moore, published by Walker Books, 2007 .

You can see two views of the pop-up at the end of the book here: [link] .

Scanned from actual book spread. The original silhouettes were drawn in black ink and gouache. Apologies for the horrid stain on the text - I didn't realise it was there.

*There's something noticeable about the decorations on the tree. Start from the top and work your way down...

The jacket and two other illustrations from the book are here:
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This book (my fourth) has done so well, completely to my astonishment. There are three co-editions: US, published by Candlewick Press; French, published by Editions Milan; and Japanese (I'm afraid I don't know the publisher's name for this...) The Golden Treasury Bookshop in Southwest London even reproduced the silhouettes for their window display last year: [link] .
This was also the first book I've illustrated to have earned me royalties. It was all quite bewildering...

Merry Christmas, all!

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:iconarmadaryu:
I absolutely love your details! And the 12 days of Christmas ornaments in the tree are clever addition! :heart:
So pretty! You do wonderful work :)

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"To die will be an awfully big adventure"
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intrincate and delicate details :)

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"Dibuja de una vez. Dibuja y no pierdas el tiempo".
michelangelo buonarroti
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Beautiful, simply beautiful work. The amount of detail is stunning. The ornaments are amazing and I love the dog's fur, but my favorite detail is the woman's lacy sleeves.
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I bought the book earlier this month and these two pages are my favourite ones!

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yes sir i can boogie
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charming!

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What a delight this is! All this inventing, this producing, takes place in a pleasing, lively dream.
Mozart

'Somebody's boring me. I think it's me.' Dylan Thomas

scéal lámh
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i live the way you have done the fur on the animals~

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Ee, twelve days of Christmas ornaments! very clever.

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Explain to me again why I shouldn't eat my young?
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cat, ornaments, christmas tree... Oh Niroot ;) I'm glad you've done it and I'm very glad you've shared this with us :aww:
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Great image!
Congratulations on the foreign rights and the royalties.... These images have a wonderful (sorry to bore you with it, you must hear this all the time....) 'Rackhamesque' feel to them. Lovely stuff!

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Merry Christmas Himmapan!

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