The carefully recreated original version of the well loved Christmas poem.
Soon the poem was reprinted all over the world, and Santa Claus has been a very busy man ever since....
News of this incredible phenomenon spread quickly.
Wondering what might happen if they hung their stockings by the chimney, many children did, and were greeted by an array of treats.
This was the first time American children had heard of Santa Claus.
That Christmas, a New York newspaper printed an anonymous poem entitled An Account of a Visit from St Nicholas.
Until 1823, most children outside Holland and Germany didn\'t even know who Santa was.
The carefully recreated original version of the well loved Christmas poem