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The Soda Company That Created Santa Claus As We Know Him
Santa Claus is widely known today as a jolly old ... the founding of The Coca-Cola Company -- political cartoonist Thomas Nast drew an extremely popular version of Santa based on Moore's poem.
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The origins of Santa Claus
The original Santa Claus was St. Nicholas ... Forty years later, political cartoonist Thomas Nast refined Santa’s image with a series of drawings in Harper’s Weekly. Nast’s Santa dropped ...
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Where Was Santa Claus Born? The Truth Behind His Birthplace
It was not until the 19th century that the iconic image of Santa Claus we know today began to take shape. In 1881, political cartoonist Thomas Nast drew the first likeness of Santa that matches ...