‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be ...

This season is such a special time of year filled with joy and goodwill. It's a time for Christmas pageants, singing carols, giving gifts and decorating homes. To further your festive spirit, you may ...

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 ...

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 ...

TROY, N.Y. — The poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas also commonly known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, is not just a part of Christmas history, but also a part of the city of Troy’s history. “As ...

A new tradition and my Christmas gift to you, a poem I wrote for a year in review. Ring, ring, ring-a-ling. We’ve got some rhymes to sling. The prose can wait. All fun, no hate. Let’s try our first ...

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 ...

Christmas stories that originated in a poem and a television program find their ways into stage adaptations that open this week for two Waco theater companies. Playwright Ken Ludwig used Clement ...

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — On December 23, 1823, the Troy Sentinel published “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” Two hundred years later, it’s one of the most famous Christmas tales around, and more commonly ...

This Christmas garden poem was written for this column more than 30 years ago. It is still the most requested encore of any column I have written and, as a gift to my readers, I grant copywrite ...