![]() It later became widely known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' and has been published in numerous illustrated versions in various languages. ![]() ![]() Nicholas', first published anonymously in 1823. So jump in your ‘kerchief, open your shutters and throw up your sashes, and give this little holiday poem a ripe rendition this year. He is credited and is most widely known as the author of the Christmas poem 'A Visit from St. Until that is definitely proven, you are allowed to always think of the neighborhood of Chelsea - just two blocks west of the Chelsea Hotel - every time you hear it. Given Moore’s original hesitation, some scholars have suggested that another New Yorker, Henry Livingston Jr., may have penned it. The poem was published anonymously the following year, and Moore would only take credit - at his children’s insistence - in 1844. One daughter, Mary Ogden, would later produce the first of dozens of illustrated versions of the poem.Īt left: An illustration of Moore and his family from an edition published in 1896 ( source) I’m not certain how many were around to hear it in 1822, but Moore and his wife Catherine Elizabeth Taylor would eventually have nine of them. But the poem was only originally intended for Moore’s children. ![]()
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