The modern image of Santa Claus first appeared during the Civil War. Santa sided with the North. He made his debut on the cover of Harper’s Weekly for Christmas 1862. A drawing shows a white ...

Cartoonist Thomas Nast first drew Santa Claus in January 1863, for Harper's Weekly. Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1929, via Metropolitan Museum of Art under CC 1.0 You could call it the face that ...

Coca-Cola did help popularize today’s image of Santa Claus, but its version of Santa drew inspiration from an 1822 poem and earlier Santa depictions. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

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.

No, Coca-Cola did not invent the modern image of Santa Claus but Coca-Cola helped popularize the image. Santa Claus as we know him today originated from works in the 1800s by poet Clement Clark ...

No, Coca-Cola did not invent the modern image of Santa Claus but Coca-Cola helped popularize the image. Santa Claus as we know him today originated from works in the 1800s by poet Clement Clark ...

Coca-Cola did help popularize today’s image of Santa Claus, but its version of Santa drew inspiration from an 1822 poem and earlier Santa depictions. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...