clement clarke moore wrote twas the night before christmas poem.
who wrote twas the night before christmas poem?
clement clarke moore
'twas the night before christmas (disambiguation)





























"'twas the night before christmas" is an alternative title of the poem ""a visit from st. nicholas"" by clement clarke moore.





























twas the night before christmas may also refer to:





























bullet::::- "twas the night before christmas" (1974 tv special), a 1974 rankin-bass animated christmas television special





























bullet::::- "twas the night before christmas" (1977 tv special), a 1977 christmas television special starring paul lynde





























bullet::::- "'twas the night before christmas…again" (2005), a season 2 episode of the television show "tru calling"





























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bullet::::- christmas eve





























bullet::::- the night before christmas (disambiguation)
'twas the night before christmas (disambiguation)
on january 20, 1829, troy editor orville l. holley alluded to the author of the christmas poem, using terms that accurately described moore as a native and current resident of new york city, and as "a gentleman of "more" merit as a scholar and a writer than many of more noisy pretensions." in december 1833, a diary entry by francis p. lee, a student at general theological seminary when moore taught there, referred to a holiday figure of st. nicholas as being "robed in fur, and dressed according to the description of prof. moore in his poem." four poems including "a visit from st. nicholas" appeared under moore's name in the new-york book of poetry, edited by charles fenno hoffman (new york: george dearborn, 1837). the christmas poem appears on pp. 217–19, credited to "clement c. moore." moore stated in a letter to the editor of the new york american (published on march 1, 1844) that he "gave the publisher" of "the new-york book of poetry" "several pieces, among which was the 'visit from st. nicholas.'" admitting that he wrote it "not for publication, but to amuse my children," moore claimed the christmas poem in this 1844 letter as his "literary property, however small the intrinsic value of that property may be." "a visit from st. nicholas" appears on pp. 124–27 in moore's volume of collected poems (new york: bartlett and welford, 1844). before 1844, the poem was included in two 1840 anthologies: attributed to "clement c. moore" in selections from the american poets, edited by william cullen bryant (new york: harper & brothers, 1840), pp. 285–86; and to "c. c. moore" in the first volume of the poets of america, edited by john keese (new york: s. colman, 1840), pp. 102–04. the new-york historical society has a later manuscript of the poem in moore's handwriting, forwarded by t. w. c. moore along with a cover letter dated march 15, 1862 giving circumstances of the poem's original composition and transmission after a personal "interview" with clement c. moore.
a visit from st. nicholas