Comments on: On the night before Christmas: Untangling the history of a visit from St. Nick

By: In 2012, do we know who invented Santa Claus? Who really wrote the “Night Before Christmas?” « Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

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By: penelope

penelope — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:48:10 +0000

Love this one!

If I could ever get any electives approved (no luck so far) it would tons of fun to do a semester just on Nast’s influence on America.

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 06:17:41 +0000

I ran across Bill Casselman’s site looking for castor oil and castor beaver distinctions. He runs Canadian word of the day and others, including a set of Thomas Nast’s SC-

Thomas Nast: The Man Who Designed Santa Claus

My Grandfather was rector at St . Peter’s Episcopal Church – Chelsea (NYC) during the 1930s much later than Mr Moore. The church is an important historic building (in need of repair like most). See also St. Peter’s Episcopal Church – New York City
http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/StPeterEpisChelsea.html

What is now known as the Chelsea section of Manhattan was once part of Moore’s estate (and the General Theological Seminary)