Moore, Clement Clarke 1779-1863 creator Smith, Jessie Willcox 1863-1935 text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "'Twas the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore is a poem first published anonymously in 1823. On Christmas Eve, a father witnesses a magical visitor arrive by sleigh and reindeer, bounding down the chimney to deliver presents and fill stockings. This beloved work transformed American ideas about Santa Claus and Christmas gift-giving, though its authorship sparked controversy between Moore and Henry Livingston Jr. The poem has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American." (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas Release date is 2005-11-22 Janet Blenkinship, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Santa Claus -- Juvenile poetry Christmas -- Juvenile poetry Narrative poetry Children's poetry, American PZ PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17135 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17135 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133412.0 17135