Everyone knows the Christmas poem, “The Night Before Christmas,” but most people are not aware of the author controversy regarding that popular poem.
The current poll lets you test your knowledge about the authorship of this beloved Christmas poem.
The controversy surrounds which pair of authors:
- Helen Hunt Jackson / Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Major Henry Livingston, Jr. / Clement Clarke Moore
- Ralph Waldo Emerson / Emily Dickinson
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow / Edgar Allan Poe
- Henry David Thoreau / Walt Whitman
Please participate in the poll, located below the blog on the Poetry homepage.
Thank you for reading and participating.
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