A special Christmas episode! Today we are reading the timeless festive poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas, more commonly known as 'Twas The Night Before Christmas, and comparing it with a short story based on the classic narrative, by James Thurber. Curl up with a cup of mulled wine and enjoy our musings on Santa Claus, sugarplums and the demise of the kerchief.
Link to stories:
A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore (or by Henry Livingston Junior)
A Visit From Saint Nicholas (in the Ernest Hemingway manner) by James Thurber
Further reading: ‘Twas the night before Christmas’ helped make the modern Santa – and led to a literary whodunit
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