![]() A family friend who heard it sent a copy to the editor of a New York newspaper, the Troy Sentinel, where it was printed anonymously the following Christmas with the title, A Visit From St. The story, which began with the immortal words, “’Twas the night before Christmas…” was later written down for the children, who memorized and recited it for friends and family. ![]() On Christmas Eve in 1822, when the Moore children had hung up their stockings ready for Santa Claus, their father entertained them with the poem he had penned for them as a Christmas present. But he also loved to write stories and poems for his nine children. He was best known in his day as a professor of Greek and Oriental literature at Columbia College, and his greatest scholarly achievement was writing a Hebrew dictionary, the first of its kind to appear in America. ![]() Moore was born in New York City in 1779, and lived his whole life in the same large house in Manhattan, Chelsea House (the area that surrounded it is now known asthe Chelsea District, after the Moore home.) He was one of New York’s wealthiest and most educated men, and had a deep love of language. ![]()
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