A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
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"A Visit From Saint Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore is a poem first published in 1823. It tells the story of a father who awakens on Christmas Eve to witness Santa Claus arriving in his sleigh pulled by eight reindeer, delivering presents down the chimney. This beloved work has shaped modern American conceptions of Santa Claus and transformed Christmas gift-giving traditions. Though Moore claimed authorship in 1837, questions about whether Henry Livingston
Jr. actually wrote it have sparked ongoing scholarly debate. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888 |
| Title | A Visit From Saint Nicholas |
| Alternate Title | Night before Christmas |
| Original Publication |
New York: James G. Gregory, Publisher. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas |
| Credits | Produced by Jason Isbell, Irma Špehar, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Summary | A fun and wonderfully illustrated version of Night Before Christmas. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Santa Claus -- Juvenile poetry |
| Subject | Christmas -- Juvenile poetry |
| Subject | Narrative poetry |
| Subject | Children's poetry, American |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17382 |
| Release Date | Dec 23, 2005 |
| Last Update | Mar 9, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 651 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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