The Night Before Christmas (disambiguation) explained

The Night Before Christmas is an alternative title of the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore.

The Night Before Christmas may also refer to:

Literature

• "Christmas Eve" (Gogol) (Russian title literally translates as The Night Before Christmas), an 1832 short story by Nikolai Gogol
• The Night Before Christmas, a 1995 play by Anthony Neilson

Film

Based on Moore's poem

• The Night Before Christmas (1905 film), an American silent short film directed by Edwin S. Porter
• The Night Before Christmas (1933 film), an American animated film in Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies series
• The Night Before Christmas (1941 film), an American Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera
• The Night Before Christmas, an animated feature film of 1994

Based on Gogol's story

• The Night Before Christmas (1913 film), a Russian silent film directed by Ladislas Starevich
• The Night Before Christmas (1951 film), a Russian animated film directed by the Brumberg sisters
• The Night Before Christmas (1961 film), a Russian film directed by Aleksandr Rou

Music

• The Night Before Christmas (album), a 2004 album by David Hasselhoff
• The Night Before Christmas (Dai), a 2006 orchestral work based on Moore's poem, by Aaron Dai
• "Night Before Christmas" (song), a 2022 song by Sam Smith
• "The Night Before Christmas Song", a 1952 composition by Johnny Marks

See also

• A Night Before Christmas, a 2008 album by Spyro Gyra
• Christmas Eve (disambiguation)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (disambiguation)
• Twas the Night Before Christmas (disambiguation)