Twas the Night Before Christmas from Revisionist History
The Last Archive
Pushkin Industries
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
For nearly 200 years, we have credited the most famous poem of the Christmas season to Clement Clarke Moore. But what if we got the wrong man?
This holiday season: A centuries old family feud, a bold claim from an English professor, and the true meaning of Christmas.
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