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A 30 min documentary put together for a charitable event in Troy NY, where Night Before Christmas was first published in the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823. For years it was assumed to be written by Clement Moore, a professor at a theology school and one of the richest men in NYC. Then, in 1859, the family of Henry Livingston began making known the family story of having seen the poem written and heard it performed by their father and grandfather years before the publication. Every 20 years the media rediscovers the controversy between a poet with no other...

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" 'Twas the Night before Christmas, he lived all alone, in a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney, with presents to give, and to see just who in this home did live in. I looked all about, a strange sight I did see, No Tinsel, No Presents, Not even a tree. No Stcoking by mantle, just boots filled with sand, on the wall hung pictures, of far distand lands. With Medals, and Badges, Awards of all kinds, a sobering thought just popped to my mind. For this house was different, It was...