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Clement C. Moore wrote "A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the Night before Christmas).
He was not writing for publication.
He was writing to delight his children. He refused to have the poem published.
Suppose "A Visit from St. Nicholas" is never published. What happens then?