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Charlie Rose reads "'Twas the Night before Christmas"

Nearly 200 years ago, a New York man named Clement Clarke Moore wrote what he thought was a silly Christmas poem for his children. We know that poem as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." Today's image of Santa Claus as a jolly plump fellow who delivers presents originates in this story. Our own Charlie Rose reads the poem, a timeless Christmas tradition.
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