Father Christmas promising baby asleep in a cradle". The figure of Santa Claus had originated in the US, drawing at least partly upon Dutch St Nicolas traditions. A New York publication of 1821, "A New-Year’s Present", contained an illustrated poem "Old Santeclaus with Much Delight" in which a Santa figure on a reindeer sleigh brings presents for good children and a "long, black birchen rod" for use on the bad ones. In 1823 came the famous poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", usually attributed to the New York writer Clement Clarke Moore, which developed the character further. Moore's poem became immensely popular
Saint Clement High School the way to the State Semi-Finals in the state playoffs, where they lost 40-20 to Cohasset for the right to advance to the state championship. St. Clement finished the season with a 9-3 record. In 2017, it was announced the school was to shut down on June 9, 2017, citing low enrollment (147 students in pre-K, Kindergarten and 6-12 grades, down from 256 in 2012-2013). Saint Clement High School Saint Clement High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Medford, Massachusetts. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. Saint Clement High School was established in