The History of Santa Claus & Father Christmas -- just a bit of seasonal fun :) http://www.arthuriana.co.uk/xmas/ pic.twitter.com/zEBbnX1Ujo
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A v early illustration of 'Sante Claus' from The Children's Friend, William B. Gilley, 1821: http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/origin-of-santa/ …pic.twitter.com/SPK2BIfTiG
Stephen Nissenbaum on the E19thC American creation of Santa Claus+sanitisation of Christmas: http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/christmas-reborn-the-creation-of-a-consumer-christmas-professor-steven-nissenbaum-in-interview/ …pic.twitter.com/bAPNHl4ZMr
@caitlinrgreen It's said that Nast's 1863 Harper's cover was the first printed one. Don't know if it's true though. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1863_harpers.jpg#/media/File:Harpers_1863_01-_thomas-nast-santa-claus.jpg …
@lizl_genealogy Nast def v influential! Were earlier American images of St Nicholas/Santa tho' based on Moore etc eghttp://www.americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=27465 …
@caitlinrgreen Weir's version looks very different than the one that came to be thought of as 'classic' Santa, though.
@lizl_genealogy Absolutely!
@lizl_genealogy (fwiw, I like this one from 1821 as a pre-Nast Santa! :) http://www.stnicholascenter.org/media/images/s/sante-claus.jpg …)pic.twitter.com/gINDkK2SWW
@caitlinrgreen He looks like he's having a jolly old time in the Highlands!
@caitlinrgreen I've been telling people coca cola didn't make him red and they don't believe me, thanks for posting! :p
@fenifur My pleasure! And you're definitely in the right here! :)
These are really cool, Caitlin! Thanks for posting them again this year. It's interesting to see Santa's evolution.
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