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, ...

Yet the first images of Santa Claus looks little like the Santa we know today. ... Born in 1840, Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850.

(WVUE) - Cartoonist Thomas Nast, more than any other single individual, seems responsible for our modern day image of Santa Claus as a fat, bearded elf. Thomas Nast's iconic 1881 image of Santa ...

Thomas Nast, an editorial cartoonist known as the "Father of the American Cartoon," pulled from his native German folk traditions when he drew Santa Claus for Harper’s Weekly in an 1862 cartoon.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Yet the first images of Santa Claus looks little like the Santa we know today. ... Born in 1840, Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850. The family ...

Yet the first images of Santa Claus looks little like the Santa we know today. ... Born in 1840, Thomas Nast immigrated with his family to America from Bavaria as political refugee in 1850.