Details:
- author: Clement Clarke Moore
- full title: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
- narrator: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- genre: poetry, children's
- topics: #christmas, #stnicholas, #santaclause
- publisher: -
- publish date: 29. Dec 2022
- timing: 0:14:59
My Rating of the Audiobook:
- content: 💙💙💙💙
- narration: 💙💙💙💙💙
My Thoughts:
On the night of Christmas Eve, when a family is preparing to sleep, the father hears noises coming from their lawn.The original title of this poem is A Visit from St. Nicholas. But it is more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas from its first line. It was first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837.
A nice children's story for Christmas Eve.
About the Author:
Moore was Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in New York City. The seminary was developed on land donated by Moore and it continues on this site at Ninth Avenue between 20th and 21st streets, in an area known as Chelsea Square. Moore gained considerable wealth by subdividing and developing other parts of his large inherited estate in what became known as the residential neighborhood of Chelsea. He also served for 44 years as a member of the board of trustees of Columbia College (later University),[1] and was a board member of the New York Society Library and the New York Institution for the Blind.
"A Visit from St. Nicholas," which later became widely known by its opening line, "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," was first published anonymously in 1823. Moore publicly claimed authorship in 1837, and this was not disputed during his lifetime, but a rival claimant emerged later and scholars now debate the identity of the author, calling on textual and handwriting analysis as well as other historical sources.
About the Narrator:
Elliot Fitzpatrick trained as an actor at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, graduating in 2012. Since then he's worked in theatre in the West End and throughout the UK; with Shakespeare's Globe, the Rose Theatre Kingston and Pitlochry Festival Theatre among others. He's also worked extensively abroad in countries including China, Germany, UAE and Singapore.In 2019 he began to forge a new career path as a voice actor and have since been lucky enough to work on some amazing audiobooks, video games, corporates, audio dramas, commercials and more. He now records from his broadcast-quality Session Booth home studio in South London.
