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 background.

A Christmas poem for the garden lover: T’was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The mice, it would seem, with the moles and the ...

One of the most beloved Christmas stories is 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. While almost everyone is familiar with the sweet holiday rhyming tale, the story behind the story is one that is largely ...

TROY, N.Y. — The poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas also commonly known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, is not just a part of Christmas history, but also a part of the city of Troy’s history. “As ...

The popular poem, actually titled “A Visit From St. Nicholas,” first appeared in The Times’s pages in 1896. By Tina Jordan “In thousands of homes and by hundreds of thousands of children these words ...