"A Visit from St. Nicholas", routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas in 1823 and... Wikipedia
Originally published: December 23, 1823
Author: Clement Clarke Moore
Genre(s): Children's poetry
Lines: 56
Meter: Anapestic tetrameter
Original title: Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas
Rhyme scheme: Couplets