Disambiguation evidence for Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" via surface form

"A Visit from St. Nicholas"


As subject (58)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "A Visit from St. Nicholas".

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

As object (7)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "A Visit from St. Nicholas".

Dancer appearsIn
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Prancer appearsIn
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Vixen appearsIn
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Comet appearsInWork
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Cupid listedIn
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Blitzen mentionedIn
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
surface form: A Visit from St. Nicholas