The holiday season is upon us and that means it’s time for Secret Santa gift ideas! If you’re not familiar with the concept, Secret Santa is where a group of people draw names from a hat and then secretly buy a present for the person whose name they drew. It’s […]
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Thomas Nast and the Santa Claus We Know Today
Share: by Cynthia Close Santa’s Portrait (above), a color illustration by the noted German born American political cartoonist Thomas Nast, appeared in an 1881 edition of Harper’s Magazine. It is credited with being the first image to establish all the visual elements we associate with America’s version of Santa Claus we […]