Just prior to Christmas in 1823, a poem called “A Visit from St. Nicholas” appeared in the Troy Sentinel, sans attribution. The author, perhaps viewing this particular literary excursion as slumming ...

What’s red and white and keeps away the blues? Santa hats, if you so choose. Wearing one can warm your head Or warm the hearts of others, truth be said. To some it looks silly, to others slick, When ...

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 ...

When you think of Santa Claus, do you happen to think of the red jacket, black boots and snowy white beard? Did you know that ...

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 ...

One way to gain insight into someone’s psyche is to read what they wrote when they were 13. For Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, that’s his very first published poem, “The Battle of Lovell’s Pond,” which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Few holiday images feel as familiar as the man in the bright suit who slips into chimneys every December. The version most ...