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The Christmas poem appears on pp. 217–19, credited to "Clement C. Moore". Moore stated in a letter to the editor of the New York American (published on March 1, 1844) that he "gave the publisher" of The New-York Book of Poetry "several pieces, among which was the 'Visit from St. Nicholas.'" Admitting that he wrote it "not for publication, but ...
Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 – July 10, 1863) was an American writer, scholar and real estate developer. He is best known as author of the Christmas poem " A Visit from St. Nicholas ", which first named each of Santa Claus's reindeer .
'Twas the Night Before Christmas History. The poem, originally titled A Visit or A Visit From St. Nicholas, ... It wasn't until 1837 that Clement Clarke Moore accepted credit for writing A Visit.
Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. (October 13, 1748 – February 29, 1828) was an American poet, and has been proposed as being the uncredited author of the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, more popularly known (after its first line) as The Night Before Christmas. Credit for the poem was taken in 1837 by Clement Clarke Moore, a Bible scholar in ...
‘Twas the night before Christmas, and Clement C. Moore. Gets credit for writing the poem we adore. ... Clement Clarke Moore’s day job was weighty – and more spiritual – than a miniature ...
The poem “The Night Before Christmas” was written by Professor Clement Clarke Moore. First published in 1823, the story was written to entertain his daughters. Moore was initially hesitant to ...
The newspaper is known for being the first to publish the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", also known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "Twas the Night Before Christmas. The poem, generally attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, was published anonymously by the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823.
Published in the same city as Washington Irving's earlier portrait of Santa Claus in Knickerbocker's History of New York, the poem may have directly inspired another New Yorker, Clement Clarke Moore, to create the modern Santa in "'Twas the Night before Christmas". [4]