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?

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.

‘A Visit from Saint Nicholas routinely referred to as ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas was first published anonymously in the Troy New York Sentinel under the title ‘Account of a Visit from ...

The famous Christmas poem above — nearly everybody calls it “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” but the actual name is the one shown above — was written on Christmas Eve 1822 by ...