Welcome to the Growlery's first Holiday/ Winter Aesthetic Special. Today's episode covers the 1823 poem A Visit From St. Nicholas, the ongoing debate of who wrote the poem and a publisher that censored Santa! Hope you are well and enjoy the episode!
Correction--I am wrong Moore and Livingston most likely never met, though I think they would have been great writing buddies.
Next up --> Season 1 Wrap-Up!
Time Stamps
-Episode Outline - 3:07
-Background Information on the Poem - 4:19
-The Author Debate- 9:34
-Reciting the Poem - 14:36
-Censorship discussion- 20:52
Book I Read From
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?kn=twas%20the%20night%20before%20christmas%20book%20charles%20santore&sts=t&cm_sp=SearchF-_-topnav-_-Results
Clemet Clarke Moore
https://reference.jrank.org/biography-2/Moore_Clement_Clarke.html
Henry Livingston
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/henry-livingston
The Author Debate Sources
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/night-before-christmas-poem-1.4446455
https://www.literarytraveler.com/articles/night_before_christmas_author/
The Book on the author debate --https://www.abebooks.com/9781476664439/Who-Wrote-Night-Before-Christmas-1476664439/plp
The Censorship controversy
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/24/santa-pipe-new-night-before-christmas
https://bbark.deepforestproductions.com/column/2012/11/18/banned-books-awareness-twas-the-night-before-christmas/
Pamela McColl' scholarship on A Visit from St. Nicholas
https://twasthenightbook.com/
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