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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 .
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 ...
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Clement Moore's 'Visit From St. Nicholas' with Santa riding sleigh Credit - Bettmann Archive. J ust prior to Christmas in 1823, a poem called “A Visit from St. Nicholas” appeared in the Troy ...
It wasn't until 1837 that Clement Clarke Moore ... Moore is largely credited with creating the modern-day image of both Santa Claus as well as the domesticity associated with being home for the ...
‘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
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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]