Twas the Night Before Christmas

A Visit From Saint Nicholas Arguably the most popular Christmas poem ever written, "Twas the Night Before Christmas" was penned by Clement Clarke Moore and first published on 23 December 1823 in the "Troy Sentinel" newspaper in upstate New York as "A Visit From Saint Nicholas".  Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the …

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

Twas the Night Before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.