[lit-ideas] Re: Christmas Trees

Andy Amago wrote:
There was no Christmas as we know it before Clement Moore's poem Twas the Night before Christmas and I think Dickens Christmas Carol too.

Andy, don't be so gullible. "Twas the Night before Christmas" wasn't written by Clement Moore. Refer to http://www.kouroo.info/RI/ClementClarkeMoore.pdf. For general background, refer to http://www.kouroo.info/general/Christmas.pdf.


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