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A mid the many celebrations last Christmas Eve, in various places by different persons, there was one, in New York City, not like any other anywhere. A company of men, women, and children went together just after the evening service in their church, and, standing around the tomb of the author of "A Visit from St. Nicholas," recited together the words of the poem which we all know so well and love so dearly. Dr. Clement C. Moore, who wrote the poem, never expected that he would be remembered by it. If he expected to be famous at all as a writer, he thought it would be because of the Hebrew Dictionary that he wrote. He was born in a house near Chelsea Square, New York City, in 1781; and he lived there all his life. It was a great big house, with fireplaces in it;-just the house to be living in on Christmas Eve.
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Clement Clarke Moore (July 15, 1779 - July 10, 1863) was a writer and professor and is credited with writing A Visit from St. Nicholas for his children. Originally published anonymously on December 23rd, 1823, the poem that would come to be known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, was responsible for the creation of the Santa Claus myth as it is known in the United States and much of the English-speaking world. Jessie Wilcox Smith (September 6, 1863 - May 3, 1935) was a prolific illustrator of magazines and children's books. She was a frequent contributor to Ladies Home Journal. A student of Howard Pyle, some of her best-known work for children includes Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1499278578
- ISBN 13 9781499278576
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages26
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