Twas the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863
"'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." ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Moore, Clement Clarke, 1779-1863 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935 |
| Title | Twas the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas |
| Credits | Janet Blenkinship, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Children's poetry, American |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17135 |
| Release Date | Nov 22, 2005 |
| Last Update | Jan 10, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 4312 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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