![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As he flies away, Santa calls out “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night.” ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas By Clement Clarke Moore ![]() They share a conspiratorial moment before Santa bounds up the chimney again. He carries a sack of toys, and the father watches his visitor deliver presents and fill the stockings hanging by the fireplace, and laughs to himself. After landing his sleigh on the roof, Santa enters the house by sliding down the chimney. Looking out the window, he sees Santa Claus (Saint Nicholas) in a sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. On the night of Christmas Eve, a family is settling down to sleep when the father is disturbed by noises on their lawn. It has had a massive effect on the history of Christmas gift-giving. The poem has been called “arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American” and is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Nicholas in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. Nicholas, more commonly known 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. ![]()
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