For actors, “never work with children or animals” is excellent advice. For poets, “never write a poem about Christmas” should ... one’s most unhappy colleague or relative gets pressured ...

For years, author Clement Clarke Moore was known as the father of Christmas, credited for writing the poem. However ... who identifies writers and their work by examining stylistic fingerprints ...

And while you do, please enjoy this Boxing Day poem! ‘Twas the day after Christmas, and all through ... people, than hard work and strife So now I’m resolved, I will take some time off Though ...

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?

Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse," starts perhaps the one of the most well-known poems ever. Clement Clarke Moore's poem "A ...

Moore's poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas." For almost half of that ... His moving words may have been inspired by a lesser-known work published in 1821 as "The Children's Friend" which ...

‘Twas the night before Christmas … and “the spirit of the holiday was threatening to up and burst.” Ward 7 Coun. Percy Hatfield had his city hall colleagues, administration, media and most ...

It is one of the most famous poems in the English language—almost as famous as Christmas itself ... have preferred to be remembered for his work compiling the first American Hebrew dictionary ...