The illustrator Thomas Nast, born in 1840, is perhaps America's most famous political cartoonist. Among other things, he has ...

Editor's note: Arlene Ryan submitted to The Citizen this poem that she wrote while attending East High School in 1954. She sent it to Santa at North Pole, New York, with an enclosed letter. She ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Troy, New York is the home of Uncle Sam, an iconic character in American history. The Collar City also helped launch one of the best-known Christmas poems in history, which is ...

The first commercially printed Christmas card is up for sale — a merry Victorian-era scene that scandalized some who denounced it as humbug when it first appeared in 1843. The card, being sold online ...

"...With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick…" According to the "Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem, Santa Claus has ...

The tradition of writing letters to Santa Claus can reportedly be traced back to an 1823 poem titled “A Visit from Saint ...

Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” redefined Christmas in America. As historian Steven Nissenbaum explains in “The Battle for Christmas,” Moore’s secular St. Nick ...

Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” redefined Christmas in America. As historian Steven Nissenbaum explains in “The Battle for Christmas,” Moore’s secular St. Nick ...

Just what is it that makes the Fleckney Christmas Tree Festival different from the plethora of others that seem to be ...

Clement Clarke Moore’s 1823 poem “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” redefined Christmas in America. As historian Steven Nissenbaum explains in “The Battle for Christmas,” Moore’s secular St. Nick ...

Nothing brings out hollow, maudlin sentimentality quite like Christmas. (OK, perhaps terrorist attacks come close.) Thus, it’s not too surprising that the folks at the Song-Poem Archives were able to ...