A Visit From Saint Nicholas ('Twas the Night Before Christmas)

A reading of Clement Clark Moore's famous poem, "A Visit From Saint Nicholas". Many of the modern traditions about Santa Claus come from this poem.

The photo of Santa Claus at the 1:09 mark is Thomas Nast’s famous drawing from the January 1st, 1881 edition of Harper’s Weekly that helped establish the modern look of Santa Claus.

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