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fromOpen Culture
1 week ago

Discover the First Depiction of Santa Claus (and Its Origins in Civil War Propaganda)

Thomas Nast shaped the modern Santa Claus image by synthesizing earlier Saint Nicholas and northern winter figures, solidifying iconography that influenced global Christmas imagery.
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fromwww.ocregister.com
3 months ago

You might be surprised by how the term Uncle Sam came to be

Uncle Sam, likely named for Samuel Wilson, became the iconic personification of the U.S. government with imagery popularized after the War of 1812.
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