Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore

There is no evidence Moore could have gotten a copy from Livingston or vice verse.īased on the facts surrounding this strange case of who is the real author, I would argue that likely Professor Moore is the author. The two men didn’t know eachtoher, although one of the Livingston relatives did marry a relative of Moore’s. So, there is no way to authenticate his story. One of the descendants claimed to have had the original story, with cross outs, in the text, but that was destroyed in a house fire in Wisconsin. Nicholas”, was something they remember their father reading them a number of years earlier. His children had claimed that the poem, “A visit from St. Henry Livingston Jr., was a revolutionary war soldier and late became a poet. Henry Livingston Jr., although there is really no evidence he claimed authorship of the piece during his life time, is also credited with writing the piece. 23, 1823 in the Troy Sentinel newspaper in upstate New York. As the story has it, he eventually did publish the story anonymously on Dec. Initially he didn’t want to publish it as he was afraid of his reputation as a scholar. It is believed that Professor Moore wrote the poem for his children. He rose to prominence and eventually donated the land which would become a seminary, which continues at Chelsea Square. A writer and American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, he also taught Divinity and Biblical Learning, in New York City. were the authors.Ĭlement Clarke Moore lived between 17. It is believed that either Clement Clark Moore or Henry Livingston, Jr. Nicholas”, now more popularly called “Twas the Night Begore Christmas” was written in the early 19th century.Ĭonsiderable controversy surrounded the authorship for many years. The poem, originally titled, “A Visit from St.

Not only is it an amazing poem, but it is also one of the oldest and most popular Christmas poems ever written. I love it so much in fact that this week I am dedicating a whole show to it. I know I mentioned my love of A Christmas story, but what you may not know is that I have a favorite Christmas poem. I love the decorations, the lights, I love the stories. As you undoubtedly know by now, this is my favorite time of the year.

Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore