Labels:book | bulletin board | frame | lodestone | reckoner OCR: 'A Uisit from Saint Nichol as! or "The Night Bet fore Chr tmas' we know isit was uri itten by Dr ement arke Moore 1779 1863) for his ami 1y in 1822 However wasn t published until December 23 1823 in the Troy [New York] Sent inel Even ther was pr: 11 ed anonymousl y. Moore' father had been mini ster pue Or. Moore was uncer ain about the reacti ion his light -he ar pat treat ment of the sacr ed Christmas ho1 iday wou] recei ve. Of cour se, we know now it was recei ved pue by milli ons of Bunoh and PI0 chil dp ua. alike. Thr ough the year 1 most every wou1 -be chil dp en r illustr ator has pr pasnpo. his or her ver on thi per Iuua favorite. remain for Thomas Nast to give Us our popu1 ar concept ion of the merry o1d e1f with the bow] fu11 of ielly. MERRY CHRI STMAS TO ALL pue TO AL GOOD NIGHT! ...
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