Today, both towns attract the saint’s devotees. In 1866, Nast’s cartoon Santa Claus and His Works featured the words “Santaclaussville, N.P.” alongside Santa performing the tasks people ...

Nast also drew from his own traditions of St. Nicholas with folklore images of elves. In the image, credited as the first modern image of Santa Claus, St. Nick arrives at a Union army camp on a ...

One of the most influential figures in shaping the modern image of Santa was Thomas Nast, an American cartoonist who drew pictures of Santa for Harper's Weekly in the 1860s and 1870s ...

Corbis/Getty Images “When you’ve got Santa in ... This hand-colored version of a Thomas Nast illustration from 1881 is a formative early portrait that shows Santa Claus as he is pictured today. - ...

Many people pass on the urban legend that Santa Claus's red suit was created by Coca Cola, but that is untrue. Thomas Nast had Santa running around in his red and white ensemble years before Coca ...

Santa Claus is coming to town, and Nashville has been named one of the top places to “find holiday cheer.” Conde Nast Traveler identified 28 cities in the United States “that go all out for ...