text: Authorship of this famous holiday poem remains in dispute, but it was first published anonymously in 1823 in the Troy, New York Sentinel.
full_question: Authorship of this famous holiday poem remains in dispute, but it was first published anonymously in 1823 in the Troy, New York Sentinel. The man credited with writing this famous poem was a Biblical scholar, and his original usage of the word “breast of the new-fallen snow”* is usually altered to “crest” in modern readings of this poem. The title character of this poem is “dressed all in fur/From his head to his foot,” and his clothes were covered in “ashes and soot.” For 10 points, name this poem about the title character who “came down the chimney in a bound” on the title holiday eve, by Clement C. Moore.
first_sentence: Authorship of this famous holiday poem remains in dispute, but it was first published anonymously in 1823 in the Troy, New York Sentinel.