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A Visit From St Nicholas and the Christmas Legend
A historical look at Clement C. Moore’s poem, its creation on a New York road trip, and how it shaped the modern Santa Claus. It traces early illustrated editions by Darley and Nast, the 1863 Nast edition, and the evolution of Santa’s image through 19th century American art and hymn poetry. It also surveys Christmas hymn origins from Ambrose and Prudentius, and notes Puritan Massachusetts attitudes toward Christmas observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement C. Moore
General Theological Seminary
New York City
St. Nicholas
Doctor Moore
New York
Chelsea Village
West Twenty-third Street
Moores
Moore
Troy ( Y
Jeannes
Doctor Mere
Brem
Nicholas
Santa Claus
Burt
Custer Moore
America
John Reese
St Nietmas
Llow
Rubicund Prutchman
Chelsea
Keese
St Nicholas
F. O. C. Darley
Darley
United States Army Engineer Battalion
Grenata
Yagua
Boston
Mass
Thomas Nast
Harper's Weekly
Nast
New England
William Bradford
Plymouth Plantation
Massachusetts
General Court