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, ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Drawing upon Moore’s story, Thomas Nast, a well-known cartoonist in the mid-19th century, began to draw Santa Claus in a red suit with a long pipe and big grin during the Civil War.

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 ...

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 contemporary image of Santa Claus can be traced all the way back to the Civil War when Thomas Nast designed political cartoons that showed Santa's support for the Union, characterizing him as ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...