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Clement Moore T-shirt

The Clement Moore T-shirt is a Honeyman Tees print-on-demand tee from the Holidays collection. The design shows an older man with white hair and round glasses in a dark coat and plum scarf, holding a quill and a scroll, with a speech bubble beside him, saying “Hebrew professor. Poet. Accidentally Christmas.” Available on Etsy.

“Hebrew professor. Poet. Accidentally Christmas.”

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About this design

White hair, round glasses, a quill and a scroll.

The story behind it

Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) was a New York scholar who taught Oriental and Greek literature, including Hebrew, at the General Theological Seminary, and he published a Hebrew dictionary in 1809. He is credited with the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," first printed anonymously in the Troy Sentinel on December 23, 1823. It was first credited to him in print in 1837, and he included it in his own poems in 1844. The family of Henry Livingston Jr. later credited him instead, so authorship is still debated, which is why we say "credited with."

Mockups show the print at true scale on a size M tee. Colors are proposed, not final.

Where to buy

Available on Etsy: see this tee on Etsy (opens in a new tab). See all our shops or follow on Instagram (opens in a new tab) for new drops.

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