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Casanova, Mozart, and the Secret Backstory of ‘The Night Before Christmas’
His Eyes How They Twinkled
How the founder of the Metropolitan Opera became the unlikely mentor of Christmas’ most famous poet.
Published
Dec. 24 2017
9:00PM EST
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast
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