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Collection Reference Number GLC01896.117
From Archive Folder Archive of Confederate naval operations: Va. volunteer navy, Tredegar Iron Works 
Title "The night after Christmas"
Date 26 December 1866
Author Archer, Robert (fl. 1840)  
Document Type Miscellany
Content Description Printed copy of Archer's parody of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. In Archer's "The Night After Christmas," children all over the town had eaten sweets to such an extent that it made them all sick. Instead of hearing the clattering of hooves on the roof, the family is awoken by the moans and groans of the children: "O' Me! I'm so sick: I shall die of this pain; I'll never touch Santa Claus' candy again!"
Subjects Literature and Language Arts  Poetry  Holidays and Celebrations  Humor and Satire  Health and Medical  Children and Family  
People Archer, Robert (fl. 1860-1898)  Jeffery, Roberta Archer (fl. 1866-1888)  
Place written Richmond, Virginia
Theme Arts & Literature
Sub-collection Papers and Images of the American Civil War
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945