Rochard Night Before Christmas Book Stack Limoges Box with Santa

A stack of storybooks for Twas the Night Before Christmas comes topped with a small Santa who lifts right off. This Rochard Limoges box was shaped in porcelain and hand-painted in Limoges, France.

Not a Creature Was Stirring

Clement Clarke Moore's poem has been read aloud on Christmas Eve for two centuries, often by the same voice year after year. This book stack honors that ritual, with Santa ready to hop down from the pages. The book spines and the little Santa are painted by hand.

Bedtime Story Gathering

• A Rochard piece, hand-painted in Limoges, France
• Joins Santa, reindeer and stocking subjects for Christmas Eve
• Fits a holiday book, literary or Christmas collection

A Reading by the Fire

Put it on a mantel next to the stockings, on a bedside table in the guest room, or on a bookshelf with a real copy of the poem. It makes a heartfelt present for the grandparent who reads the story every year, a librarian, a teacher before winter break or a new family starting their own traditions. It also suits a book club holiday party or a Christmas Eve wedding anniversary.

Limoges has been making porcelain since the late 1700s, when the right white clay was found close to the city.