Thomas Nast’s illustrations of Santa for ‘Harper’s Weekly’ shaped the Father Christmas we know today. ... Santa Claus. Nast first drew him for the January 3, 1863, ...

Santa Claus is an American. This news may surprise readers who know he lives at the North Pole (where an American artist, Thomas Nast, put him in Christmas 1866) or who remember that the ...

The image of modern day Santa Claus isn't how some previous generations were used to seeing him. ... political cartoonist Thomas Nast drew an extremely popular version of Santa based on Moore's poem.

Santa Claus’s history with Coke (the soda, to be specific) stems from the 1920s, when designs similar to the ones created by Thomas Nast made their appearances in advertisements for the soft drink.

By the 1860s, famous cartoonist Thomas Nast had turned Santa Claus into a fully human-sized character and given him a home at the North Pole. Read more of this story from our National Museum of ...

Santa Claus and Thomas Nast. Share full article. ANTHONY LUMLEY. June 4, 1904; Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 4, 1904, Section BR, Page ...

MACON, Ga. — Santa Claus is the most famous figure of Christmas ... It wasn't until the 1860's when political cartoonist Thomas Nast decided to draw him that he became the character we see today.

How did Santa Claus become the figurehead of Christmas? ... In 1881, Santa's image was solidified by cartoonist Thomas Nast who depicted Mr. Claus as a large man with a white beard, ...

By Thomas Nast - ‘The Invention of Santa Claus’ Exhibit, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons. Adults were not as sanguine. In 1893, Harper’s Weekly published a worried opinion piece about the ...

Many people pass on the urban legend that Santa Claus's red suit was created by Coca Cola, but that is untrue. Thomas Nast had Santa running around in his red and white ensemble years before Coca ...

The artist, Thomas Nast, supported the Union during the Civil War. An 1864 illustration of Moore's poem shows Santa dressed in yellow , and an 1868 ad shows him with a red jacket, but a green hat ...