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Clement Clarke Moore's famous poem, which he named "A Visit From St.
Nicholas," was published for the first time on December 23, 1823 by a New
York newspaper, the Sentinel

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Correct, and seeing he himself and his wife are most probable of Dutch
decent, through the New York Livingston family the words most probably
originate in the Dutch language, not the German.


In the Dutch language that would be Donder en Bliksem.
German sounds closer to the mark to me.

Regards,
Herman