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.
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