The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa Claus. But the classic poem also sparked a centuries-long controversy.

Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (“’Twas the night before Christmas. . .”) includes the charming line “Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ...

The writer Clement Clarke Moore created some of the most lasting impressions of Christmas in just a single poem. He composed the first version of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” to entertain his ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Troy, New York is the home of Uncle Sam, an iconic character in American history. The Collar City also helped launch one of the best-known Christmas poems in history, which ...

Some gift to his mind, That grew on a tree, of a marvellous kind. ON December 19, 1861, an anonymous poet performed his humorous epic poem – all 350 lines of it dedicated to a Christmas tree ...

Three school children from West London have recited a poem at the foot of the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree as its lights were switched on. Alexander, Beatriz and Tilly-Jo from the local the ...