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Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions.Really a download from Stuart English with an explanation for each stanza. Nicholas” December 24, 1822īackground from the Library of Congress for kids. See resources below.Ĭlement Moore Is Believed to Have Written “A Visit from St. Choose one or two stanzas to copy and illustrate.For example, would children today have sugar plums dancing in their heads? Are they familiar with sugar plums? Or would it be some other type of candy? Have your children rewrite the poem using modern language.Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night. This is the book that many of us from the ’50s and ’60s grew up on, and it is this version that is free in the public domain. In 1912, a version of the poem was published with illustrations by the renowned Jessie Willcox Smith. Those descriptions have certainly stood the test of time! Moore’s description of Old Saint Nick was probably taken from his friend Washington Irving’s descriptions as printed in A History of New York under the pen name Dietrich Knickerbocker. It was reprinted several times before Moore finally accepted authorship and included it in a book of his own poems published in New York in 1844.
A friend of Moore submitted the poem to the Troy Sentinel (New York) a year later and it was published anonymously. Nicholas,” was written by Moore for his children. The poem, originally called “A Visit from St.
“Twas the Night Before Christmas” is a poem that was written by Dr.
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