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Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. (October 13, 1748 – February 29, 1828) has been proposed as being the uncredited author of the 1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, more popularly known (after its first line) as The Night Before Christmas. Credit for the poem was taken in 1837 by Clement Clarke Moore, a Bible scholar in New York City, nine years ...
The cover of a series of illustrations for the "Night Before Christmas", published as part of the Public Works Administration project in 1934 by Helmuth F. Thoms "A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "' Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title "Account of a Visit from St ...
In 1850, Sears' lyrics were set to "Carol", a tune written for the poem the same year at his request, by Richard Storrs Willis. This pairing remains the most popular in the United States, while in Commonwealth countries , the lyrics are set to "Noel", a later adaptation by Arthur Sullivan from an English melody.
with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof. the prancing and pawing of each little hoof. As I drew in my head and was turning around, down ...
Illustration to verse 2. " Old Santeclaus with Much Delight " is an anonymous illustrated children's poem published in New York in 1821, predating by two years the first publication of "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("Twas the Night before Christmas"). It is the first publication to mention (and illustrate) Santa Claus's reindeer and his sleigh ...
Van Dyke was born on November 10, 1852, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Henry Jackson van Dyke Sr. (1822–1891), a prominent Brooklyn Presbyterian clergyman known in the antebellum years for his anti- abolitionist views. [2] The family traced its roots to Jan Thomasse van Dijk, who emigrated from Holland to North America in 1652.
A Christmas Tale, Told by a School-boy to his little brothers and sisters. "Underneath an old oak tree". 1797. 1798, March 10. To an Unfortunate Woman at the Theatre. "Maiden, that with sullen brow". 1797. 1797, December 7. To an Unfortunate Woman whom the Author had known in the days of her Innocence.