This illustration was produced for an 1893 edition of the 1823 poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. Bridgeman/ACI. By Erin Blakemore. December 12, 2024.

A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore ’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a ... His poetry collections include 'The Fall and Other Poems' and 'The Second ...

Clement Clark Moore wrote his poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" ("The Night Before Christmas") for his children in 1822. Robert Miller Clement Clark Moore was born in New York City in 1779 and ...

“A Visit From St. Nicholas” is the beginning of modern Christmas, a manuscript specialist at Christie’s said. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at a copy of ...

The most famous of all Christmas poems, “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (aka the “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem) is generally credited with popularizing the version of Santa Claus ...

The poem tells the charming story of a father who witnesses St. Nicholas, aka Santa Claus, on Christmas Eve. The “jolly old ...

St. Nicholas Day is celebrated every year on Dec. 6, ... the description of Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas — and Clement Clarke Moore’s ‘Twas the Night before Christmas’ poem,” Ayo says.

The name Santa Claus actually comes from St. Nicholas’ Dutch nickname, Sinter Klaas. ... You can partly thank Clement Clarke Moore, who wrote a Christmas poem for his daughters called ...

The poem tells the charming story of a father who witnesses St. Nicholas, aka Santa Claus, on Christmas Eve. The “jolly old elf” arrives in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer and leaves behind ...

Images of St. Nicholas vary considerably, ... In 1821 an anonymous illustrated poem entitled "The Children's Friend" went much further in shaping the modern Santa and associating him with Christmas.

The white-bearded Christian saint whose acts of generosity inspired America’s secular Santa Claus figure is known worldwide — but Saint Nicholas’ origin story is not. The legends surrounding ...