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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1955
Page
17
The famed Christmas verse begun with Twas the night before Christmas was written by Dr Clement Clarke Moore. He initially hid authorship for 20 years, sharing it only with his family before a relative circulated a diary entry and newspapers carried the poem. Moore later publicly admitted authorship and the verse appeared in book form.
The article traces mistletoe from Balder the Nordic god to a symbol of love and peace still used at Christmas. It notes a mythic fall and restoration, with the mistletoe entrusted to the goddess of love for kisses beneath its boughs, and ends with a quip about modern divorces.
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