Christmas Poem Poll Results

Posted by Linda Sue Grimes Dec 19, 2007

The “Christmas Poem” poll question asked: Which two authors have been accredited with writing the famous Christmas poem that is alternately titled, "The Night Before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas," or "'Twas the Night Before Christmas,” or "Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas"?

The correct answer is “Major Henry Livingston, Jr / Clement Clarke Moore.” This correct answer received half of the votes. Congratulations to those who got it right!

However, the other half of the voting participants got it wrong by choosing “Henry David Thoreau / Walt Whitman.”

The remaining choices “Helen Hunt Jackson / Harriet Beecher Stowe,” “Ralph Waldo Emerson / Emily Dickinson,” “Henry Wadsworth Longfellow / Edgar Allan Poe,” received no votes.

Thanks to all who participated, even those who merely observed.

And to all a very Merry Christmas!

Please look for another poll soon.

For information about the controversy surrounding the Livingston/Moore authorship, please see “The Night Before Christmas: A Question of Authorship”

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