Beloved Poem: Night Before Christmas Classic Read
A sanitized snippet presents the familiar verse of A Visit from St. Nicholas. The poem recounts a quiet Christmas Eve as St. Nicholas arrives, fills stockings, and wishes readers a merry Christmas and good night. The cadence and imagery emphasize tradition and festive anticipation.
Moore's Accidental Fame The Night Before Christmas
The poem A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement C. Moore gained fame after its 1823 Troy Sentinel publication without attribution. Moore later claimed authorship in 1844, though he did not copyright the work, leading to widespread repeated printing and enduring credit for Moore. The provided 1928 edition is noted.
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Christmas Poems in Oxford Book at the Library
A note listing web resources and a library reference for The Young Oxford Book of Christmas Poems edited by Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark. It points to bit.ly and a YouTube link as online resources and mentions the library copy by title and editors.
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Powerful Pacific storm wipes out East Island in Hawaii
One of the strongest Pacific hurricanes on record decimated a remote Hawaiian island in early October. Former Category 5 Walaka lashed the French Frigate Shoals about 400 miles northwest of Kauai, with storm surge erasing East Island, a key habitat for green sea turtles, monk seals and many seabirds.
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