The 13 Days of Christmas

Everyone knows which gifts are traditional during the twelve days of Christmas. The season wouldn't be complete without leaping lords, French hens, or a partridge in a pear tree ... and let's not forget those all-important golden rings. So when Jack Skellington (the charmingly frightful hero of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas) takes over the holiday, we see a very different side of the gift-giving tradition. Join Jack and his Halloween Town pals as they celebrate the thirteen days of Christmas as only they know how. Based on the 12 Days of Christmas carol, this new picture book features satirical lyrics and ghoulishly beautiful illustrations from the Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

About

  • Author:
  • Steven Davison and Carolyn Gardner
  • Release Date:
  • July 20, 2009
  • ISBN:
  • 978-1-4231-1804-6
  • Pages:
  • 32
  • Age Range:
  • 10 to 11 Years
  • Format:
  • Storybook

Synopsis

Everyone knows which gifts a true love need grant his beloved during the twelve days of Christmastide. A partridge in a pear tree is required. Leaping lords and dancing ladies are expected. Of course the season would not be complete without French hens or swimming swans. And, above all, he must not neglect to present the all-important five gold rings. But not every true love has the same ideas about what will make appropriate gifts. And so when Jack Skellington, the charmingly frightful hero of Tim Burton's classic film The Nightmare Before Christmas, takes over the holiday we see a very different side of the gift giving tradition. Join Jack and his fellow citizens of Halloween Town as they celebrate the thirteen days of Christmas as only they know how. With chilling text and ghoulishly beautiful illustrations from Disneyland's and Walt Disney World's Haunted Mansion Holiday attraction.