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The cover of a series of illustrations for the "Night Before Christmas", published as part of the Public Works Administration project in 1934 by Helmuth F. Thoms "A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "' Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St ...
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and Clement C. Moore. Gets credit for writing the poem we adore. He told of St. Nicholas, but you might be surprised
Benjamin Moore (1818–1886), who married Mary Elizabeth Sing (1820–1895), in 1842, and was the father of Clement Clarke Moore, [2] grandfather of Barrington Moore Sr., and great grandfather of Barrington Moore Jr. Mary Clarke Moore (1819–1893), who married John Doughty Ogden, her older sister's widower, in 1848. [36]
'Twas the Night Before Christmas History The poem, originally titled A Visit or A Visit From St. Nicholas , was first published anonymously on Dec. 23, 1823, in a Troy, New York newspaper called ...
The poem is often attributed to anonymous or incorrect sources, such as the Hopi and Navajo tribes. [1]: 423 The most notable claimant was Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905–2004), who often handed out xeroxed copies of the poem with her name attached. She was first wrongly cited as the author of the poem in 1983. [4]
Mary Elizabeth Sherwood (pen names: M. E. W. S., M.E.W. Sherwood, Mrs. John Sherwood; nee Wilson; October 27, 1826 – September 12, 1903) was an American author and socialite. [1] She wrote short stories, poetry, several books, and etiquette manuals, in addition to contributing to many magazines and translating poems from European languages.
Mary Coleridge in 1883. Mary Coleridge (23 September 1861 – 25 August 1907) was a British novelist and poet who also wrote essays and reviews. [1] She wrote poetry under the pseudonym Anodos (a name taken from George MacDonald). Other influences on her were Richard Watson Dixon and Christina Rossetti.
' Twas the Night Before Christmas is a 1974 animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions [1] that features Clement Clarke Moore's famous 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, the opening line of which is the source of the title of this animated special. [2]