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'Twas the night before Christmas' helped make the modern Santa – and led to a literary whodunit

  • Written by Melissa Chim, Adjunct Professor and Reference Librarian, General Theological Seminary
'Twas the night before Christmas' helped make the modern Santa – and led to a literary whodunitIf you picture Santa Claus as plump and jolly and pulled by reindeer, you may have this poem to thank.Clement Clark Moore/New-York Historical Society

The poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” better known by its opening line “‘Twas the Night before Christmas,” has a special place among Christmas traditions, right alongside...

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