The Lumistella Company, which launched The Elf on the Shelf Santaverse, is releasing a new book called The Rise of Nicholas ...

A highlight of the event was a Civil War-era Union Santa Claus, based on an 1863 cover of Harper’s Weekly by artist Thomas Nast.

Nast drew his first Santa for Harper’s Weekly on Jan. 3, 1863, depicting the jolly ol’ elf distributing presents in a Union army camp wearing stars and stripes on his outfit.

Illustrator Thomas Nast’s regular depictions of Santa in Harper's Magazine beginning in 1863 added his North Pole abode, elf assistants, and toy making. Nast also drew Santa as a large jolly man ...

Santa Claus' roots can be traced back to several predecessors, including the Dutch Sinterklaas, the hooded French figure Père Noël, and the German Christkindl, who was a gift-bringing Baby Jesus.

One of the most influential figures in shaping the modern image of Santa was Thomas Nast, an American cartoonist who drew pictures of Santa for Harper's Weekly in the 1860s and 1870s ...

This contributed to German immigrant and Civil War cartoonist Thomas Nast’s portrayal, who drew Santa Claus in an 1862 Christmas edition of Harper’s Weekly.

Santa Claus, the beloved figure of Christmas, has a rich history that blends myths, legends, and cultural influences. From his origins in the story of Saint Nicholas to his modern-day image shaped ...

In the mid-19th century the illustrator Thomas Nast portrayed Santa as a jolly old man in Harper’s Weekly, and the illustration and the archetype took off. But Nast just showed Santa in a wintry ...

By the 1880s, an illustrator for “Harper’s Monthly Magazine,” named Thomas Nast, incorporated all the various circulating ideas about Santa Claus into his work, creating a series of drawings ...

The traditional image of Santa Claus, deeply rooted in 19th-century American culture, emerged primarily through Thomas Nast’s illustrations in Harper’s Weekly starting in 1863.

We view that as the most faithful measure, and it's a winner, too. Between 1969 and 2023, the seven-day Santa Claus rally period ushered in a 1.3% return, on average, for the S&P 500.