By the 1860s, famous cartoonist Thomas Nast had turned Santa Claus into a fully human-sized character and given him a home at the North Pole. Read more of this story from our National Museum of ...

Thomas Nast was crucial in shaping Santa's image ... Coca-Cola hired artist Haddon Sundblom to create images of Santa Claus for their Christmas advertisements. Sundblom's version of Santa ...