Book

Twas the Night Before Christmas

by Clement Clarke Moore

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Published

1823

Genre

Poetry

Publisher

C.R. Gibson Co.

Words

541

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196970.The_Night_Before_Christmas?ac=1&from_search=true

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level

4.3

Lexile

880L

Lexile code

NC — non-conforming

Guided reading level

N

Suggested reading age

ages 4–8

This poem first appeared in a newspaper in Troy, New York, USA, on December 23, 1823, as "A Visit From St. Nicholas". No one claimed authorship until 13 years later. Clement Clarke Moore, a professor and poet, said that he wrote the piece for his children. Unbeknownst to him, his housekeeper had sent it to the newspaper to be published. However, the family of Henry Livingston Jr. contended that their father had been reciting “A Visit from St. Nicholas” for 15 years prior to publication. Regardless of the true author, the poem is now a Christmas classic.

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TJEd Early Recommended

ISBN

ISBN-13

9780837885049

ISBN-10

0837885043

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Holidays-ChristmasPoetry/RhymesThomas Jefferson Education Early