'Twas the night before Christmas' helped make the modern Santa – and led to a literary whodunit
- Written by Melissa Chim, Adjunct Professor and Reference Librarian, General Theological Seminary
If you picture Santa Claus as plump and jolly and pulled by reindeer, you may have this poem to thank.Clement Clark Moore/New-York Historical SocietyThe poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known by its opening line “‘Twas the Night before Christmas,” has a special place among Christmas traditions, right alongside...