Suitably seasonal – Bob Dylan reads “A Visit From St. Nicholas” (“The Night Before Christmas”), a poem first published, anonymously, in 1823, and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. (Some commentators now believe that the poem was actually written by one Henry Livingston Jr.).
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro’ the house. Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…”
from Mad magazine’s (Jan 1960 parody – New Mad “Hip” Version -“‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the pad/Not a hipster was stirring not even old Dad..”