A Visit from St. Nicholas

1823 poem attributed to Clement Clarke Moore
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A Visit from St. Nicholas
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A Visit from St. Nicholas

Summary

A Visit from St. Nicholas is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (671 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • A Visit from St. Nicholas authored Clement Clarke Moore[3].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's illustrator is recorded as Florence Wyman Ivins[5].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's genre is children's literature[6].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's Commons category is recorded as A Visit from St. Nicholas[7].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas was released on December 23, 1823[10].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's characters is recorded as Santa Claus[11].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's characters is recorded as Dasher[12].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's characters is recorded as Dancer[13].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's characters is recorded as Prancer[14].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's characters is recorded as Vixen[15].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's characters is recorded as Comet[16].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's characters is recorded as Cupid[17].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's characters is recorded as Donner[18].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's characters is recorded as Blitzen[19].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's has edition or translation is recorded as The Night Before Christmas[20].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's has edition or translation is recorded as A Visit From St. Nicholas[21].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's has edition or translation is recorded as Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas[22].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's has edition or translation is recorded as Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus[23].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's has edition or translation is recorded as A visit from St. Nicholas[24].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's has edition or translation is recorded as The Author of "A Visit from St. Nicholas"[25].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's has edition or translation is recorded as A Visit from St. Nicholas[26].
  • A Visit from St. Nicholas's has edition or translation is recorded as A Visit from St. Nicholas[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Poem[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 56f04807-b64a-4774-b712-c26c4f30fb30[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

A Visit from St. Nicholas authored Clement Clarke Moore[3].

Publication

A Visit from St. Nicholas was released on December 23, 1823[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is children's literature[6].

Cultural Impact

Things named for A Visit from St. Nicholas include The Fight Before Christmas[30], a television series episode[31], directed by Bob Anderson[32].

Why It Matters

A Visit from St. Nicholas ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (671 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include The Fight Before Christmas[30], a television series episode[31], directed by Bob Anderson[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 28d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of literary work
    Genre children's literature
    Illustrator Florence Wyman Ivins
    Has edition or translation The Night Before Christmas, A Visit From St. Nicholas, Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas +8
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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