However, Oksana will not marry him until he obtains the slippers of the Tsaritsa for her. Vakula, a blacksmith, is smitten with Oksana, a beautiful Cossack girl courted by all the village boys. As one of Gogol’s most fantastic and humorous tales, Christmas Eve has become the subject of many adaptations in film and opera. However, Oksana will not marry him until he brings her the Tsaritsa’s slippers, a task he can only accomplish with the help of the devil. The story revolves around Vakula, a blacksmith who tries to pursue a beautiful Cossack girl named Oksana. It was first published in 1831 in the second volume of his short story collection, Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka. Noch pered Rozhdestvom), also known as “Christmas Eve” or “The Night of Christmas Eve,” is a short story by Nikolai Gogol. Read The Night Before Christmas online at
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