Before Santa comes to your house on Christmas Eve, be sure to read the little ones a Christmas poem or story. Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images Reading Christmas stories and poems at bedtime is a ...

The poem was, of course, “A Visit From St. Nicholas” (“The Night Before Christmas”). ’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a ...

A s far as classic Christmas Eve activities go, nothing beats reading the “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem with a ...

As far as classic Christmas Eve activities go, nothing beats reading the “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” poem with a crackling fireplace, twinkling tree and jolly carols playing in the ...

The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa Claus. But the classic poem also sparked a centuries-long controversy.

The word “iconic” gets tossed around rather freely at times, but the Christmas poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” certainly rates the title. In Springfield, so does Johnson’s Bookstore ...

Casey Cep writes on the poetry book “American Christmas,” from 1965, which includes classic and nearly unknown works about the holiday and beyond.

The famous first line of the classic Christmas poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” “Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ...