Mysteries on Main Street
144 W Main St
Johnstown, NY 12095
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Friday: 10am-6:30pm
Saturday: 10am-5pm
Mary Engelbreit's yearly bestseller, in its full-size jacketed edition, comes in a box along with a CD of a well known actor reading the poem and an ornament featuring a character from the book.
Clement C. Moore (17791863), an American scholar and poet, first wrote The Night Before Christmas in 1822 to entertain his children. A friend submitted it to a local newspaper, The Troy Sentinel, where it was published on December 23, 1823. Moore's delightful description of St. Nicholas and his eight flying reindeer has since become the definitive portrait of Santa Claus.