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Melissa Chim

Adjunct Professor and Reference Librarian, General Theological Seminary

The Conversation
The handwritten lyrics of the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known by its opening line “‘Twas the Night before Christmas."

‘Twas the night before Christmas’ helped make the modern Santa — and led to a literary whodunit

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“A Visit from St. Nicholas” is one of the most famous American poems. But who wrote it?