Clement Clarke Moore
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Clement Clarke Moore was an American writer, scholar and real estate developer. He is best known as author of the Christmas poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", which first named each of Santa Claus's re
A rendering of the mansion house of the Chelsea estate by Moore's daughter, Mary C. Ogden, made for the first color edition of A Visit from St. Nicholas (1855)
Townhouses in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, most of which was originally part of Moore's country estate
Clement Clarke Moore Park at 10th Avenue and 22nd Street in Manhattan, New York City
Santa Claus's reindeer
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In traditional Western festive legend and popular culture, Santa Claus's reindeer are said to pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children during the night between
Clement Clarke Moore
…writer, scholar and real estate developer. He is best known as author of the Christmas poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", which first named each of Santa Claus's reindeer. Moore was Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant…
A parade float with a model of Santa's reindeer and sleigh in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade, 2009
Illustration to the first verse of "Old Santeclaus with Much Delight", 1821
The eight reindeer, as they appeared in a handwritten manuscript of A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement C. Moore from the 1860s