'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Early Santa History Plus Rare 1821 Children's Friend With Old Santeclaus

by Juleanne Crighton

Overview

A clear, concise early history of St. Nicholas and Santa Claus, complete with footnotes and bibliography! PLUS the extremely rare 1821 Old Santeclaus with Much Delight poem with the first picture of Santa Claus and a flying reindeer. Discover the inspiration behind the all-time favorite Christmas poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781946100269
Publisher:	Rw Classics
Publication date:	11/22/2019
Series:	Twas the Night , #1
Pages:	52
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.14(d)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents:

Part I: Early History of Santa and His Reindeer

• Early History of Santa Claus and Reindeer Introduction
• Saint Nicholas to America
• First Mention of Santa Claus
• Santaclaus, Presents, Stockings (Washington Irving)
• Santa in Art Form (John Pintard)
• Sancte Claus Poem
• Santa in Flying Wagon (Washington Irving)
• Earliest Visual of Santa in Sleigh with One Flying Reindeer
• NEW Santa and Eight Reindeer
• First Time Santa and Eight Reindeer in Newsprint
• Expanded Version of Santa (James K. Paulding)
• Dunder and Blixem Reindeer Names Changed
• First Time Santa and Reindeer Featured in Harper's

Part II: Rare, 1821 Children's Friend

• Introduction to Part II
• 1821 Old Santeclaus with Much Delight
• The Steady Friend of Virtuous Youth
• Through Many Houses He Has Been
• Where E'er I Found Good Girls or Boys
• To Some I Gave a Pretty Doll
• No Drums to Stun Their Mother's Ear
• But Where I Found the Children Naughty
• I Left a Long, Black, Birchen Rod

• ’Twas the Night Series
• Bibliography

List of Illustrations

• Santa and Reindeer Flying Over Treetops, circa 1872 by Thomas Nast
• A Visit From St. Nicholas, 1879 by Frederick B. Schell
• Washington Irving, 1848 by James D. Smillie from F. O. C. Darley
• St. Nicholas Broadside Engraving, 1810 by Alexander Anderson
• Santa and Reindeer, circa 1830 by Bryon King
• Clement Clarke Moore’s Handwritten Changes to Poem, 1844
• A Visit from Saint Nicholas, 1857 by Felix Octavius Carr Darley
• Various Santa Poses, 1857 (artist unknown)
• Santa Claus, Merry Christmas, 1884 by Thomas Nast
• Merry Old Santa Claus, 1881 by Thomas Nast
• Cover of The Children’s Friend, 1823
• Santa and One Reindeer, 1823 by Arthur J. Stansbury
• Santeclaus, 1823 by Arthur J. Stansbury
• Santa and Stockings, 1823 by Arthur J. Stansbury
• Excited Children, 1823 by Arthur J. Stansbury
• Mischievous Children, 1823 by Arthur J. Stansbury
• Family, Reading Book, 1823 by Arthur J. Stansbury
• Children Being Naughty, 1823 by Arthur J. Stansbury
• Stockings With Switches, 1823 by Arthur J. Stansbury