First published in 1973, the yuletide storybook "Cajun Night Before Christmas" -- illustrated by James Rice, with text by J.B. Kling Jr., writing as "Trosclair" -- has become a Louisiana classic.

Self-publisher releases new version of classic tale without the lines 'The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth. And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.' She says it's 'for the ...

The “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem was first published anonymously on Dec. 23, 1823, in The Sentinel, a newspaper based in Troy, New York.An instant success, the poem was ...