The film 'Night before Christmas' is based on a short story from Nikolai Gogol's work 'Evenings on a farm near Dikanka'. The story opens with a stunning winter scenery of Dikanka, Ukraine with a witch flying across the night sky and the devil roaming around and tormenting people. Meanwhile, the simple village blacksmith, Vakula is pining away for a dazzlingly beautiful village lass, Oksana. With a caprice that matches her beauty, she teases the blacksmith to bring her the Tsaritsa's slippers. In his love for Oksana, the blacksmith really sets out to St. Petersburg to ask Queen Catherine the Great for her slippers. 'Night before Christmas' is a love story that is charming in its simplicity.
Review of The Night Before Christmas
