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The Advent of Santa Claus in American Tradition
The article traces Santa Claus from Sinterklass to an American figure shaped by Washington Irving and Clement Clarke Moore. It notes St Nicholas day customs, the shift to a jolly sleighing Santa, Moore’s 1822 poem The Night Before Christmas, its anonymous birth in Troy, and Moore’s hesitation about authorship alongside his lexicon work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hristmas
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
St. Nick
Kriss Kringle
Sinterklass
America
New Amsterdam
New York
Washington Irving
Knickerbocker
Clement Clarke Moore
General Theological Seminary
Moore
Troy
N. Y
New York Historical Society