Monthly Archives for December 2012


December 23: “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” Published

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; On 23 December 1823, “A Visit from Saint Nicholas” was anonymously published in the Troy, New York Sentinel. […]