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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 ...
Behold, the history and fun facts behind everyone's favorite festive poem, along with all of the words to read aloud to your family this Christmas. Related: 50 Best 'Nightmare Before Christmas' Quotes
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 ...
"Old Santeclaus with Much Delight" is an anonymous illustrated children's poem published in New York in 1821, predating by two years the first publication of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night before Christmas"). It is the first publication to mention (and illustrate) Santa Claus's reindeer and his sleigh, as well as being the first ...
Question: What Christmas movie is about a train that takes kids to the North Pole on Christmas Eve? Answer: "The Polar Express." Question: In the song, “The 12 Days of Christmas,” how many ...
Question: Who wrote, "Christmas doesn't come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more?" Answer: Dr. Seuss Question: Three of Santa's reindeer's names begin with the letter "D."
"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry (pen name of William Sydney Porter) first published in 1905. The story tells of a young husband and wife and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.
A Bush Christening is a humorous poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson.It was first published in The Bulletin magazine on 16 December 1893 (under its original title of "The Christening of Maginnis Magee"), [1] the Christmas issue of that publication. [2]