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The “My First Christmas in Heaven” poem (author unknown) is a heartfelt piece that offers so much comfort to those grieving during this special Christmas time of year.
You've heard of the beloved "’Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem—maybe some reinterpretations and parodies of it too. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic holiday verses?
The seniors are all coming with crutches and canes. They're shuffling and walking, ignoring their pains. It's a Christmas Party in July; whoever thought of such a thing? Must be some kind of ...
The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa Claus. But the classic poem also sparked a centuries-long controversy.
A new tradition and my Christmas gift to you, a poem I wrote for a year in review.
What follows is a gift of Christmas verse to lighten the heart and enlighten the mind.
Merry Christmas, happy holidays and may all of you have a happy and healthy 2025. Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
Editor’s Note: Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863) wrote the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” also known as “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” in 1822. It is bel… ...
“A Visit From St. Nicholas” is the beginning of modern Christmas, a manuscript specialist at Christie’s said.
“American Christmas,” first published in 1965, includes both classic and nearly unknown works, and widens a reader’s sense of what the holiday might mean.
You've heard of the "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic holiday verses?