A visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
"A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore is a poem first published anonymously in 1823. On Christmas Eve, a father witnesses Santa Claus arriving by sleigh with eight reindeer, descending through the chimney to deliver presents and fill stockings. This beloved work transformed American Christmas traditions and shaped modern conceptions of Santa Claus. Though Moore claimed authorship in 1837, some scholars suggest Henry Livingston Jr. may have written it, sparking
an enduring literary controversy about its true origins. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863 |
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| Illustrator | Ivins, Florence Wyman, 1881-1948 |
| Other | Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957 |
| Title | A visit from St. Nicholas |
| Original Publication | United States: The Atlantic Monthly Press,1921. |
| Note | Poem begins: 'Twas the night before Christmas [...] |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas |
| Credits | hekula03 and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 85.5 (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. | 68631 |
| Release Date | Jul 28, 2022 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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