# Twas the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas

By Clement Clarke Moore.

"'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." (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Illustrator: Jessie Willcox Smith
- Subjects: Santa Claus -- Juvenile poetry; Christmas -- Juvenile poetry; Narrative poetry; Children's poetry, American

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/451) by Clement Clarke Moore (32 min, English)

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