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First published anonymously in a New York Newspaper called the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823, under the title 鈥滱 Visit from St. Nicholas.鈥� Clement Clark Moore has long been credited as the author of this beloved yuletide poem, but literary scholar Don Foster now believes that the true writer was in fact a poet of Dutch heritage named Henry Livingston Jr. Livingston had passed away by the time Moore claimed authorship of the poem years later. In 1844, Moore published 鈥滱 Visit from St. Nicholas鈥� in an anthology of his own poetry, but Livingston鈥檚 family has always insisted that Moore is not the true author. However, even if Livingston鈥檚 family had never spoken up, Moore鈥檚 authorship rings a bit false. The structure of the poem is very different from anything else Moore had written, but the style and imagery do match Livingston鈥檚 writing. Most compelling of all are the Dutch references in the poem, including several reindeer names, such as 鈥滵onder鈥� (meaning 鈥漷hunder鈥�) and 鈥滲lixem鈥� (meaning 鈥漧ightning鈥�). These names were anglicized in later editions to the now-famous 鈥滵onner,鈥� and 鈥滲litzen.鈥� As a nod to Livingston鈥檚 claim on the poem, we have left the original Dutch name 鈥滵onder鈥� in our edition.

First published anonymously in a New York Newspaper called the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823, under the title 鈥滱 Visit from St. Nicholas.鈥� Clement Clark Moore has long been credited as the author of this beloved yuletide poem, but literary scholar Don Foster now believes that the true writer was in fact a poet of Dutch heritage named Henry Livingston Jr. Livingston had passed away by the time Moore claimed authorship of the poem years later. In 1844, Moore published 鈥滱 Visit from St. Nicholas鈥� in an anthology of his own poetry, but Livingston鈥檚 family has always insisted that Moore is not the true author. However, even if Livingston鈥檚 family had never spoken up, Moore鈥檚 authorship rings a bit false. The structure of the poem is very different from anything else Moore had written, but the style and imagery do match Livingston鈥檚 writing. Most compelling of all are the Dutch references in the poem, including several reindeer names, such as 鈥滵onder鈥� (meaning 鈥漷hunder鈥�) and 鈥滲lixem鈥� (meaning 鈥漧ightning鈥�). These names were anglicized in later editions to the now-famous 鈥滵onner,鈥� and 鈥滲litzen.鈥� As a nod to Livingston鈥檚 claim on the poem, we have left the original Dutch name 鈥滵onder鈥� in our edition.

First published anonymously in a New York Newspaper called the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823, under the title 鈥滱 Visit from St. Nicholas.鈥� Clement Clark Moore has long been credited as the author of this beloved yuletide poem, but literary scholar Don Foster now believes that the true writer was in fact a poet of Dutch heritage named Henry Livingston Jr. Livingston had passed away by the time Moore claimed authorship of the poem years later. In 1844, Moore published 鈥滱 Visit from St. Nicholas鈥� in an anthology of his own poetry, but Livingston鈥檚 family has always insisted that Moore is not the true author. However, even if Livingston鈥檚 family had never spoken up, Moore鈥檚 authorship rings a bit false. The structure of the poem is very different from anything else Moore had written, but the style and imagery do match Livingston鈥檚 writing. Most compelling of all are the Dutch references in the poem, including several reindeer names, such as 鈥滵onder鈥� (meaning 鈥漷hunder鈥�) and 鈥滲lixem鈥� (meaning 鈥漧ightning鈥�). These names were anglicized in later editions to the now-famous 鈥滵onner,鈥� and 鈥滲litzen.鈥� As a nod to Livingston鈥檚 claim on the poem, we have left the original Dutch name 鈥滵onder鈥� in our edition.