A collection of traditional Christmas verse is brought to new life by illustrations carefully selected from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's vast collection. From a medieval stained glass window to Arthur Rackham's familiar watercolors to Romare Bearden's collage, these artworks bring new meaning to classic Christmas readings by Walter de la Mare, Eleanor Farjeon, Langston Hughes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, e.e. cummings, Edgar Allen Poe, and - of course - Clement C. Moore. A family classic, this volume will be treasured year after year.