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Description: Thomas Nast immortalized Santa Claus with an illustration for the January 3, 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly The first Santa Claus appeared as a small part of a large illustration titled "A Christmas Furlough" in which Nast set aside his regular news and political coverage to do a Santa Claus drawing. This Santa was a man dressed up handing out gifts to Union soldiers. Copyright note: the creator of this work died in 1902.
Title: 1863 harpers
Credit: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/thomas-nast-santa-claus.htm
Author: Thomas Nast
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