![]() ![]() ![]() There is, to our apprehension, a spirit of cordial goodness in it, a playfulness of fancy and a benevolent alacrity to enter into the feelings and promote the simple pleasures of children which are altogether charming. We know not to whom we are indebted for the following description of that unwearied patron of music-that homely and delightful personage of parental kindness, Santa Claus, his costumes, and his equipage, as he goes about visiting the firesides of this happy land, laden with Christmas bounties but from whomsoever it may have come, we give thanks for it. When it was originally published in the Troy Sentinel of New York, two days before Christmas in 1823, editor, Orville Holley, admitted in print the following: Publications of the Classic Christmas Poem First Print 1823 “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” story book originated as a poem from the 1820s. ![]()
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