An image of Santa Claus smoking a pipe from the book, 'The Night Before Christmas,' illustrated by Charles Santore. A new book version of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' has been released that eliminates all references to a smoking Santa. Santore's version keeps the traditional lines from the 189-year-old holiday poem by Clement C. Moore.

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An image of Santa Claus smoking a pipe from the book, "The Night Before Christmas," illustrated by Charles Santore. A new book version of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" has been released that eliminates all references to a smoking Santa. Santore's version keeps the traditional lines from the 189-year-old holiday poem by Clement C. Moore.

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