Clement Clarke Moore

Okay, okay!! My friend has told me the truth is out!
Clement Clarke Moore, the inventor of Santa Claus was a fraud who plagerize some other blokes poem when he was an newspaper editor. By diliberately omitting this blokes name, he let others believe that he wrote the bloody poem, “A Visit from St. Nick”!! What’s the truth Cec!!

Here’s what snopes and Straight Dope have to say:
http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/donner.htm

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Here’s what snopes and Straight Dope have to say:
http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/donner.htm

This thread contains a link to the original report.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=49525