Version 7.1Thu 24 Dec
2009
AIGA: Steven Heller’s History of Santa Claus
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Khoi Vinh
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An eye-opening account of how the Santa Claus mythology evolved. I had no idea that the first iconic rendering of Santa Claus was drawn by the same illustrator — the legendary Thomas Nast — who gave us the Democratic party’s donkey and the Republican party’s elephant. Anyway, happy holidays, everyone.
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Fri 25 Dec 2009 at 04:48 am
Bill Wallace
Bill Wallace
I find the first sentence of Heller’s article extremely offensive and I’m not a Christian. Santa Claus may personify something but it’s certainly not Christmas.
