"promising baby asleep in a cradle"". The figure of Santa Claus had originated in the US, drawing at least partly upon Dutch St Nicolas traditions. A New York publication of 1821, ""A New-Year’s Present"", contained an illustrated poem ""Old Santeclaus with Much Delight"" in which a Santa figure on a reindeer sleigh brings presents for good children and a ""long, black birchen rod"" for use on the bad ones. In 1823 came the famous poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"", usually attributed to the New York writer Clement Clarke Moore, which developed the character further. Moore's poem became immensely popular"
"Henry Livingston Jr. Henry Beekman Livingston Jr. (October 13, 1748 – February 29, 1828) has been proposed as being the uncredited author of the 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 after Livingston's death. It was not until another twenty years that the Livingston family knew of Moore's claim, and it was not until 1900 that they went public with their own claim. Since then, the question has"
"drop the first unstressed syllable. Likewise, lines 9 and 10 drop the first unstressed syllable; they also add an extra unstressed syllable to the end. According to legend, ""A Visit"" was composed by Clement Clarke Moore on a snowy winter's day during a shopping trip on a sleigh. His inspiration for the character of Saint Nicholas was a local Dutch handyman as well as the historical Saint Nicholas. Moore originated many of the features that are still associated with Santa Claus today while borrowing other aspects, such as the use of reindeer. The poem was first published anonymously in the"
"America. In America, interest in Christmas had been revived in the 1820s by several short stories by Washington Irving which appear in his ""The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."" and ""Old Christmas"". Irving's stories depicted harmonious warm-hearted English Christmas festivities he experienced while staying in Aston Hall, Birmingham, England, that had largely been abandoned, and he used the tract ""Vindication of Christmas"" (1652) of Old English Christmas traditions, that he had transcribed into his journal as a format for his stories. In 1822, Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem ""A Visit From St. Nicholas"" (popularly known by its first"
"estate in what became known as the residential neighborhood of Chelsea. Before this, the urbanized part of the city ended at Houston Street on Manhattan island. For 10 years, Moore also served as a board member of the New York Institution for the Blind. He is credited and is most widely known as the author of the Christmas poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"", first published anonymously in 1823. It later became widely known as ""'Twas the Night Before Christmas"" and has been published in numerous illustrated versions in various languages. Scholars debate the identity of the author, calling on"
"colored lithographic illustrations, was published by William B. Gilley as a small paperback book entitled ""The Children's Friend: A New-Year's Present, to the Little Ones from Five to Twelve"". The 1823 poem by Clement C. Moore ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" (also known as ""'Twas the Night Before Christmas"") is largely credited for the contemporary Christmas lore that includes eight named reindeer. The relevant segment of the poem reads: When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny rein-deer, with a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it"
"Initially it was a best-of-nine-points, sudden death tie-break which made it possible to have simultaneous match points for both players. Via a few intermediary steps this would evolve into the current best-of-twelve-point tie-break. He was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1965. He was a great fan of Clement C. Moore's famous poem ""A Visit from Saint Nicholas"" which is more commonly known as ""Twas the Night Before Christmas"". He purchased and restored the Clement C. Moore house on Catherine Street in Newport, RI and would make an annual public reading of the poem to children during the"
"""St Nicholas"". His work includes the children’s nonsense poem “The Walloping Window Blind”, published in 1885, in a verse style similar to Lewis Carroll’s: ""A capital ship for an ocean trip/Was the Walloping Window-Blind;/No wind that blew dismayed her crew/Or troubled the captain’s mind."" A second novel, ""The Admiral's Caravan"", also serialized in ""St Nicholas"" beginning in December 1891, was dedicated to his daughter Constance. His poem ""The Walloping Window Blind"" can be sung to the same tune as ""Ten Thousand Miles Away"", using the same refrain (or with minor changes). It has been variously named ""Capital Ship"", ""Blow, Ye"
"provided the Troy Public Library a grant to digitize the full collection of the newspaper. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013045312/http://www.gramercycommunications.com/general/gramercy-communications-recognized-for-preserving-history-2/ http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/nysnp/142.htm http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2012/07/24/news/doc500e1c962d37f124187691.txt http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2012/07/23/news/doc500cca24accca328252384.txt http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Troy-Sentinel-to-be-preserved-3728556.php http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2012/06/07/gramercy-communications-will-leave.html Troy Sentinel The Troy Sentinel was a semi-weekly newspaper published between 1823-1832, which served Rensselaer County in upstate New York. It was published in historic downtown Troy at 225 River Street. The newspaper is famously known for the first published edition of the poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"", also known as ""The Night Before Christmas"" and “Twas the Night Before Christmas,"" its first line. It was published anonymously on December 23, 1823 and is generally attributed to Clement"
"Santa Claus, who with a right good will / Comes down the chimney with a footstep airy ..."" ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" was published in England in December 1853 in ""Notes and Queries"". An explanatory note states that the St Nicholas figure is known as Santa Claus in New York State and as Krishkinkle in Pennsylvania. 1854 marked the first English publication of ""Carl Krinkin; or, The Christmas Stocking"" by the popular American author Susan Warner. The novel was published three times in London in 1854-5, and there were several later editions. Characters in the book include both Santa"
"is his joking invention. In 1821, the book ""A New-year's present, to the little ones from five to twelve"" was published in New York. It contained ""Old Santeclaus with Much Delight"", an anonymous poem describing Santeclaus on a reindeer sleigh, bringing presents to children. Some modern ideas of Santa Claus seemingly became canon after the anonymous publication of the poem ""A Visit From St. Nicholas"" (better known today as ""The Night Before Christmas"") in the Troy, New York, ""Sentinel"" on 23 December 1823; Clement Clarke Moore later claimed authorship, though some scholars argue that Henry Livingston, Jr. (who died nine"
"""application of science to the common purposes of life"", and it is the oldest technological university in the English-speaking world. The institute is known for its success in the transfer of technology from the laboratory to the marketplace. On December 23, 1823, ""The Troy Sentinel"" was the first publisher of the world-famous Christmas poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" (also known as ""The Night Before Christmas"" or ""Twas the Night Before Christmas""). The poem was published anonymously. Its author has long been believed to have been Clement Clarke Moore, but its author is now regarded by a few to have"
"and satirizes those who exploit the holiday. The tale was adapted into a 1966 short animated film for television with a screenplay by Seuss and narration by Boris Karloff. Later adaptations include a Broadway musical and a feature film in 2000 starring Jim Carrey. At 100 years of age in 1960, Grandma Moses illustrated Clement Clark Moore's Christmas poem, ""A Visit from Saint Nicholas"" as ""The Night Before Christmas"" for Random House. The book was published after her death in 1961. The years immediately following WWII saw the release of two of the most popular Christmas films in US history:"
"raised arguments challenging whether the person traditionally identified as the author of a text was correct. He has pointed to an obscure Beat writer, Tom Hawkins, as the author of the Wanda Tinasky letters, which some had previously speculated to be the work of Thomas Pynchon. Foster also joined a long-running effort by descendants of Henry Livingston Jr. to show that their ancestor, and not Clement Clarke Moore, wrote the famous poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"". Foster provided his account of sleuthing out these and other identifications in his book ""Author Unknown"" (including the Shakespeare-""Elegy"" connection, which he still"
"St. Nicholas of Myra with attributes of various European Christmas traditions, especially from English Father Christmas and Dutch Sinterklaas. The association of Christmas presents with elves has precedents in the first half of the 19th century with the Tomte in Sweden and Nisse in Denmark, and St Nicholas himself is called an elf in ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" (1823). The Christmas elf appeared in literature as early as 1850 when Louisa May Alcott completed, but never published a book entitled ""Christmas Elves"". The image of the elves in the workshop was popularised by ""Godey's Lady's Book"", with a front"
"various kind. But where I found the children naughty, In manners crude, in temper haughty, Thankless to parents, liars, swearers, Boxers, or cheats, or base tale-bearers, I left a long, black, birchen rod, Such as the dread command of GOD Directs a Parent’s hand to use When virtue’s path his sons refuse. </poem> Old Santeclaus with Much Delight ""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"
"Troy Sentinel The Troy Sentinel was a semi-weekly newspaper published between 1823-1832, which served Rensselaer County in upstate New York. It was published in historic downtown Troy at 225 River Street. The newspaper is famously known for the first published edition of the poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"", also known as ""The Night Before Christmas"" and “Twas the Night Before Christmas,"" its first line. It was published anonymously on December 23, 1823 and is generally attributed to Clement Clarke Moore. In July 2012 Gramercy Communications moved their corporate offices into the former home of the ""Troy Sentinel"". The company"
"Old Santeclaus with Much Delight ""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's reindeer and sleigh, as well as being the first to describe his arrival on Christmas Eve. The accompanying illustrations are the earliest published artistic depictions of a Santa Claus figure. The poem, with eight colored lithographic illustrations, was published in New York by William B. Gilley in 1821 as a"
"for whom he had originally written the piece. Moore's conception of Saint Nicholas was borrowed from his friend Washington Irving, but Moore portrayed his ""jolly old elf"" as arriving on Christmas Eve rather than Christmas Day. At the time that Moore wrote the poem, Christmas Day was overtaking New Year's Day as the preferred genteel family holiday of the season, but some Protestants viewed Christmas as the result of ""Catholic ignorance and deception"" and still had reservations. By having Saint Nicholas arrive the night before, Moore ""deftly shifted the focus away from Christmas Day with its still-problematic religious associations."" As"
"ten peaks are: The eight latter names commemorate Santa Claus's reindeer as named in the 1823 poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" by Clement Clarke Moore. The poem reads in part: With a little old driver so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles, his coursers they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name: Now Dasher! Now Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donder and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! To the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash"
"goes back to the earlier Welsh and may originate from medieval ballads. The lyrics run as follows: The phrase ""'Tis the season"", from the lyrics, has become synonymous with the Christmas and holiday season. 'tis being an archaic contraction of ""it is"". A similar archaic contraction is ""'Twas the night before Christmas"", from the first line of the poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"". In the original 1862 publication, Oliphant's English lyrics were published alongside Talhaiarn's Welsh lyrics. Although some early sources state that Oliphant's words were a ""translation"" of Talhaiarn's Welsh original, this is not the case in any"
"the earth or air this benevolent Santiclaus takes flight I have not been able to ascertain ..."" Lees received several responses, linking 'Santiclaus' with the continental traditions of St Nicholas and 'Petit Jesus' (Christkind), but no-one mentioned Father Christmas and no-one was correctly able to identify the American source. By the 1880s the American myth had become firmly established in the popular English imagination, the nocturnal visitor sometimes being known as Santa Claus and sometimes as Father Christmas (often complete with a hooded robe). An 1881 poem imagined a child awaiting a visit from Santa Claus and asking ""Will he"
"Alvin, Simon and Theodore's names are mentioned instead. ""Alvin wants a pair of skates, Simon wants a sled, Theodore a picture book, yellow blue and red."" Jolly Old Saint Nicholas ""Jolly Old Saint Nicholas"" is a Christmas song that originated with a poem by Emily Huntington Miller (1833-1913), published as ""Lilly's Secret"" in ""The Little Corporal Magazine"" in December 1865. The song's lyrics have also been attributed to Benjamin Hanby, who wrote a similar song in the 1860s, Up on the Housetop. However, the lyrics now in common use closely resemble Miller's 1865 poem. The music has been attributed to"
"Nicholas Nye Nicholas Nye is a poem by famous British poet Walter de la Mare. It was published in the year 1931. It has a total of 40 lines. It is written for children aged around 9–10 years. It is a six stanza poem in which the poet is the first person from view and visits an orchard and finds a donkey named 'Nicholas Nye'. He observes and describes the donkey 'Nicholas Nye' and discovers that he and the donkey are very similar. He explains the miseries and difficulties the donkey has to face for example being unwanted and alone."
"Nicholas Nye Nicholas Nye is a poem by famous British poet Walter de la Mare. It was published in the year 1931. It has a total of 40 lines. It is written for children aged around 9–10 years. It is a six stanza poem in which the poet is the first person from view and visits an orchard and finds a donkey named 'Nicholas Nye'. He observes and describes the donkey 'Nicholas Nye' and discovers that he and the donkey are very similar. He explains the miseries and difficulties the donkey has to face for example being unwanted and alone."
"Santa Claus's reindeer In traditional festive legend, Santa Claus's reindeer pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. The commonly cited names of the eight reindeer are Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. They are based on those used in the 1823 poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" (commonly called ""The Night Before Christmas"") by Clement Clarke Moore, arguably the basis of the reindeers' popularity. The enduring popularity of the Christmas song ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"" has led to Rudolph often joining the list, bringing the number"
"it later received an Award of Excellence from the Film Advisory Board. ""'Twas the Night Before Christmas"" was never rebroadcast by ABC or any other U.S. television network. To date, it has not been made commercially available on DVD and, except for a one-time screening at a New York City retro film and television festival in 2001, it has not been seen since its only telecast. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977 TV special) Twas the Night Before Christmas is a Christmas television special loosely inspired by the 1823 poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"" by Clement Clarke Moore. It"
"Poems"", London 1830, pp. 35-59 books.google. The popularity of the tale was greatly increased when it appeared as a song in the 1830s entitled 'The Mistletoe Bough' written by T.H. Bayley and Sir Henry Bishop. The song proved very popular. In 1859, its 'solemn chanting' was referred to as a 'national occurrence at Christmas' in English households, and by 1862 the song was referred to as 'one of the most popular songs ever written', 'which must be known by heart by many readers'. Further works inspired by the song include a play of the same name by Charles A Somerset"
"to get in. Inside the house, Pooch recites the poem ""A Visit from St. Nicholas"". A rat in a hole appears to be bothered by some words in the poem, and therefore comes out to play. The rat's play then disturbs a cat which resulted a chase. While still struggling to get in the house, the husky notices the sleigh of Santa Claus landing nearby. The husky captures and ties up Santa. The husky then dons Santa's clothes and beard before going down into the chimney. The impostor Santa shows up in the house, much to the amazement of Pooch"
"composed in 1196 but the author is unknown. In an abridged form, it is found in Roger of Wendover’s ""Flores Historiarum"" under the year 1196. It is a curious religious allegory, treating the pilgrimage of a soul from death through purgatory and paradise to heaven. The monk, conducted by St Nicholas, is taken from place to place in purgatory, where he meets and converses with persons of various ranks, who relate their stories and their suffering. From purgatory he advances slowly to paradise, and finally reaches the gates of heaven; after which he awakes. Roger's work is known to us"
"at that time was an exciting modern invention. Perhaps building on the fact that Saint Nicholas historically is the patron saint of the sailors (many churches dedicated to him have been built near harbors), Schenkman could have been inspired by the Spanish customs and ideas about the saint when he portrayed him arriving via the water in his book. Schenkman introduced the song ""Zie ginds komt de stoomboot"" (""Look over yonder, the steamboat is arriving""), which is still popular in the Netherlands. In Schenkman's version, the medieval figures of the mock devil, which later changed to Oriental or Moorish helpers,"
"of the Spanish Kingdom of Naples. Others suggest that mandarin oranges, traditionally gifts associated with St. Nicholas, led to the misconception that he must have been from Spain. This theory is backed by a Dutch poem documented in 1810 in New York and provided with an English translation: <poem>Sinterklaas, goedheiligman! Trek uwe beste tabberd an, Reis daar mee naar Amsterdam, Van Amsterdam naar Spanje, Daar Appelen van Oranje, Daar Appelen van granaten, Die rollen door de straten. </poem> <poem>Saint Nicholas, good holy man! Put on the Tabard, best you can, Go, therewith, to Amsterdam, From Amsterdam to Spain, Where apples"
"his famous poem ""Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey"" published 1798 in ""Lyrical Ballads"": How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee,<br> O sylvan Wye! thou wanderer thro' the woods,<br> How often has my spirit turned to thee! Nelson travelled down the Wye in 1802, along with Lady Hamilton and her husband, Sir William Hamilton. They sailed from Ross-on-Wye to Monmouth, to be greeted by a cannonade and the band of the Monmouthshire Militia playing See, the Conquering Hero Comes. Nelson expressed surprise that he was known at ""such a little gut of a river as the"