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Clement Moore Is Believed to Have Written "A Visit from St. Nicholas"

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Santa Claus and Christmas trees decorations, 1935

Santa Claus and Christmas trees were the inspiration for Moore's poem

CREDIT: Horydczak, Theodor, photographer. "Christmas Trees and Decorations. Santa Claus 1935." 1935. Washington as It Was: Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959, American Memory collections, Library of Congress.



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