Word: santas
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...nickname "Santa Claus" has been growing in popularity, so St. Nick adopts it when he greets thousands of children at a Philadelphia department store. He also appears in newspaper advertisements around this time, urging people to buy Christmas presents...
1863Well-known Harper's Weekly cartoonist Thomas Nast - who also popularized the Uncle Sam image - draws a red-coated, white-bearded Santa Claus for the very first time. Later Nast drawings will reveal Santa's workshop and home at the North Pole...
...Santa Claus gets married...
...York Sun editor Francis Church answers a young reader's letter with the phrase, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus...
...Santa takes his first ride in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...