Happy Holidays! Kathy Sheehan, Executive Director of the Hart Cluett Museum, shares the story behind 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and the poem's two-century connection to Troy.
First published in The Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823, “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” by Clement Clark Moore helped shape modern conceptions of Santa Claus and many of our familiar holiday traditions. For our latest episode we invited Kathy Sheehan, Executive Director of the Hart Cluett Museum and the city of Troy and Rensselaer County historian, to explain the story behind this iconic piece of American holiday lore, the more recent debate over authorship, and the poem's two-century connection to the Collar City.
Happy Holidays from Troy Story! See you in 2025!
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