Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
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Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" is an 1823 Christmas poem that famously shaped the modern image and lore of Santa Claus, including his reindeer, sleigh, and chimney visits.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Christmas poem
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poem → |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Night Before Christmas
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’Twas the Night Before Christmas → |
| author |
Clement Clarke Moore
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| culturalImpact |
became a traditional Christmas Eve reading in many households
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helped define Santa Claus in American popular culture → |
| describes |
Santa Claus arriving in a sleigh
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Santa Claus as chubby and plump → Santa Claus entering through a chimney → Santa Claus filling stockings → Santa Claus landing on a rooftop → Santa Claus with a bundle of toys → Santa Claus with a round belly → Santa Claus with a white beard → Santa Claus's twinkling eyes and merry dimples → a miniature sleigh → a quiet house on Christmas Eve → a tiny reindeer team → children sleeping → sugar-plums dancing in children's heads → |
| featuresCharacter |
Saint Nicholas
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Santa Claus → eight reindeer → the narrator's children → the narrator's wife → |
| firstPublicationDate |
1823
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| firstPublicationPlace |
Troy, New York
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| firstPublishedIn |
Troy Sentinel
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| genre |
children's literature
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narrative poetry → |
| introduced |
names of Santa's eight reindeer
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| language |
English
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| line |
A visit from St. Nicholas
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The stockings were hung by the chimney with care → ’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house → |
| meter |
anapestic tetrameter
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| narrativePerspective |
first person
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| narrator |
an unnamed householder
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| originalTitle |
A Visit from St. Nicholas
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| period |
19th century American literature
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| popularized |
Santa Claus's chimney visits
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Santa Claus's reindeer team → Santa Claus's sleigh → modern American image of Santa Claus → |
| reindeerName |
Blitzen
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Comet → Cupid → Dancer → Dasher → Donder → Prancer → Vixen → |
| setting |
a family home at night
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| theme |
Christmas
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Santa Claus → |
| timeSetting |
Christmas Eve
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Referenced by (12)
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Dancer
("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
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Donner ("“A Visit from St. Nicholas”") → Prancer ("A Visit from St. Nicholas") → Vixen ("A Visit from St. Nicholas") → |
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Comet
("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
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Prancer
("1823 poem A Visit from St. Nicholas")
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Cupid
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firstPopularizedBy |
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Christmas Eve
("poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas"")
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Cupid
("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
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Blitzen
("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
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mentionedIn |
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A Visit from St. Nicholas
("A Visit from St. Nicholas")
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originalTitle |
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Santa Claus
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popularizedBy |