num_pages: 56
description: Describes, in verse, how Clement Moore composed and recited for the first time a poem which came to be known as "The Night Before Christmas," as a Christmas gift for his ailing daughter in 1822.
language: English
title: The Visit: The Origin of the Night Before Christmas
titlecomplete: The Visit: The Origin of the Night Before Christmas
genres: Holiday, Poetry, Picture Books, Childrens, Christmas
ratings_count: 71
publisher: Candy Cane Pr