56 About “A Visit From St. Nicholas”
December 19, 2010
Filed under Christmas, Episode, Holiday, Podcast, Xmas
Tags: Christmas, Clement Clark Moore, Episode, History, Holiday, Podcast, Poetry, Santa, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas
From Christmas 2010: Travel with me to the busy workshop in the North Pole, where we discuss Clement Clark Moore’s classic work with a special guest! I love getting mail. Email’s good, too: TopElf at MyChristmasStocking.net. All the ways to get in touch are at MyChristmasStocking.net. For instance, click the Call Me button and put in your phone number. My voicemail will call you. The Christmas Stocking’s Facebook page has a good group of people, so you’ll fit right in. And follow us on Twitter.com/XmasStocking.
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Featured music:
“Coventry Carol” by The Noel Project (from MacJams.com)
Background music:
“Winter Whimsy” by Shay MacKay (from MacJams.com)
“Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee” by Von Ives Orchestra from “Merry Christmas”
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More information:
Wikipedia.com has an article about the poem and Clement Clark Moore himself, About.com’s Urban Legends page will tell you more about Moore and the poem. Even more on Mr. Moore (that never gets old) from merrycoz.org.
The New York Institute for Special Education is proud to have had Clement Moore on their board of managers.
The St. Nicholas Center discusses the poem and much more about St. Nick.
Donald Wayne Foster says Henry Livingston wrote the poem. Here’s his Wikipedia page, a New York Times article about his assertion and supporting evidence, a timeline supporting this view, and an excellent refutation by Stephen Nissenbaum from UMass.
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