Advent Photos 2021 December 24th - T'was The Night Before Christmas

 

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 The poem, originally titled A Visit or A Visit From St. Nicholas, was first published anonymously on Dec. 23, 1823, in a Troy, New York newspaper called The Sentinel. 

It wasn’t until 1837 that Clement Clarke Moore accepted credit for writing A Visit. He reportedly wanted to keep his authorship secret initially because he was a professor and the piece wasn’t considered a scholarly work at the time of its initial writing. 

Moore is said to have based his vision of Santa Claus on both St. Nicholas and a local Dutch handyman where he lived in New York. Legend has it that the handyman operated the sleigh that took Moore home. Four handwritten copies of A Visit are known to exist, with three in museums and one purchased at auction by an anonymous media mogul for $280,000 in 2006.

 

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 I picked this cushion up for pence from a car boot sale a couple of months ago. After Christmas I'm going to use my stitch picker to unpick a seam and give the cover a good wash - and see what's inside - a separate cushion or just stuffing. I should have done it before but completely forgot it was in the cupboard.

 

 

Back Tomorrow....briefly........... but if you don't get back to read it - Happy Christmas to everyone.

Sue