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An 1823 poem by Clement Clarke Moore about a visit from [[Santa Claus|St. Nick]]. Originally titled and also known as " |
An 1823 poem by Clement Clarke Moore about a visit from [[Santa Claus|St. Nick]]. Originally titled "A Visit from St. Nicholas" and also known as "The Night Before Christmas" and " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas". |
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upuUV_TdmtM Here it is as read by none other than the trumpet master Louis Armstrong, himself.] |
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upuUV_TdmtM Here it is as read by none other than the trumpet master Louis Armstrong, himself.] |
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=== The poem contains the following tropes: === |
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The poem crystallizes a number of ideas about St. Nicholas first found in Washington Irving's ''Knickerbocker History of New York''. |
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The poem crystallizes a number of ideas about St. Nicholas first found in Washington Irving's ''Knickerbocker History of New York''. |
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* [[Anonymous Author]]: The poem was fist published anonymously. |
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* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: |
* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: |
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** "On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!" Only it isn't--the original poem retained the ''Dutch'' names ''Donder'' and ''Blixen'', as was suitable to the old Dutch settlers of New York who introduced <s>Sinterklaas</s> Santa Claus to America. Later re-printings [[Ret Conned]] the names into their more familiar German forms. |
** "On, Comet! On, Cupid! On, Donner and Blitzen!" Only it isn't--the original poem retained the ''Dutch'' names ''Donder'' and ''Blixen'', as was suitable to the old Dutch settlers of New York who introduced <s>Sinterklaas</s> Santa Claus to America. Later re-printings [[Ret Conned]] the names into their more familiar German forms. |
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