A Visit from St. Nicholas A Visit from St. Nicholas "A Visit from St. Nicholas", more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" and "Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. Some commentators now believe the poem was written by Henry Livingston Jr.. The poem has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American" and is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today. It has had a massive impact on the
Nicholas G. Moore trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation. In the political realm, he has been a member of Bush-Cheney 2004 election campaign and the Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee. Nicholas G. Moore Nicholas G. Moore is a director at Wells Fargo & Company and retired chairman and chief executive officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Moore received his BS degree in accounting from St. Mary's College of California and his JD degree from University of California Hastings College of the Law. He entered Coopers & Lybrand in 1968 as an accountant and was admitted to the partnership in 1974. In 1981 he was named managing