Civil War Santa
Country of Origin: America

ivil War Santa is the living embodiment of drawings created by Thomas Nast during the war between the states. Nast was a famed sketch artist, born in Germany, but raised in the United States. He drew for Harper's Weekly from 1859 until 1886, and is widely regarded as the grandfather of political cartoons.

During the Civil War, he was particularly outspoken about the abolition of slavery and the reunification of the North and South. Nast drew many pictures for Harper’s depicting Santa Claus and Christmas life of this era, but his first was published drawing of Santa was on January 3, 1863. This classic drawing depicted Santa arriving at a Union camp dressed in stars and stripes and riding in a carriage lead by reindeer.

Sources for the History of Civil War Santa:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nast
www.sonofthesouth.net/Original_Santa_Claus.htm

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