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December 24, 2022, marks the bicentennial of the classic poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. Pamela McColl, author of the new book Twas the Night, The Art and History of the Classic Christmas Poem, joins me to discuss the origins of the poem, the debate over who truly wrote it, and how it has gone on to be the most published and most often recited poem in the library of English literature.
Transcript, images, and links for this episode: https://uselessinformation.org/200-years-of-twas-the-night-podcast-185/
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December 24, 2022, marks the bicentennial of the classic poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. Pamela McColl, author of the new book Twas the Night, The Art and History of the Classic Christmas Poem, joins me to discuss the origins of the poem, the debate over who truly wrote it, and how it has gone on to be the most published and most often recited poem in the library of English literature.
Transcript, images, and links for this episode: https://uselessinformation.org/200-years-of-twas-the-night-podcast-185/
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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