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 ...

It’s easy to wonder where Santa Claus comes from, and NBC4 has the answers. Although magic is often the simplest explanation ...

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 ...

You can’t hold a cinnamon-spiced candle to the King of Crimson, that right jolly old elf himself, Santa Claus. St. Nick’s ...

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 ...

Frank Baum's "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus" puts him in a dark frock with animal print fur trim and flamboyant red boots.Thomas Nast, the Harper's Weekly cartoonist who gave us donkeys ...

Santa Claus, the iconic figure who brings holiday ... In 1870, American cartoonist Thomas Nast famously drew Santa in red for Harper's Weekly, incorporating key elements such as the fur-lined ...

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. - North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy Stock Photo Coca ...

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. - North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy Stock Photo ...