MERRY CHRISTMAS or HAPPY HOLIDAYS as RJ would say.

This is our special Christmas Episode

There was a lot more banter at the beginning and at the end than usual but it's nice to just chill for a Christmas episode

This episode is about theft.

Plagarism

Was 'Twas the Night Before Christmas actually written by someone other than the author it is attributed too?

Well, find out today.

All we had to do to solve this case was investigate the following websites;

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/night-before-christmas-poem-1.4446455

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Visit_from_St._Nicholas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Livingston_Jr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fenno_Hoffman

https://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/slideshow/ch4-mansion/ch4-5gilbertcornelia.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Clarke_Moore

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-19/case-almost-closed-on-who-wrote-the-night-before-christmas

https://www.literarytraveler.com/articles/night_before_christmas_author/

https://www.sethkaller.com/about/educational/tnbc/

https://www.henrylivingston.com/summary.htm

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43171/a-visit-from-st-nicholas

https://www.amazon.ca/Who-Wrote-Night-Before-Christmas/dp/1476664439

https://allpoetry.com/Brother-Beekman

https://allpoetry.com/Clement-Clarke-Moore

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/54250/livingston-v-moore-trial-decide-who-wrote-visit-st-nicholas

https://www.oilandgaslawyerblog.com/who-wrote-twas-the-night-before-christmas-the-jury-is-still-out/

https://christmastrial.com/home/

http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2013/12/19/livingston-v-moore

https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/writing-the-night-before-christmas-who-dunnit/

https://christmastrial.com/about-the-trial/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Livingston_Jr

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