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How a Palatinate Cartoonist Invented Santa Claus

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A nice, round gentleman with Rauschebart: Thomas Nast drew Santa Claus for an illustrator in the USA for the first time in 1863 – and coined the modern image of Santa ClausNo, we don't owe Santa Claus Coca-Cola to it. Nevertheless, the myth persists, that the image of a friendly, white-bearded, round gentleman in a red-and-white garment is an invention of the beverage manufacturer.But when Coca-Cola first used Santa Claus as a figure for his Chr…
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A nice, round gentleman with Rauschebart: Thomas Nast drew Santa Claus for an illustrator in the USA for the first time in 1863 – and coined the modern image of Santa ClausNo, we don't owe Santa Claus Coca-Cola to it. Nevertheless, the myth persists, that the image of a friendly, white-bearded, round gentleman in a red-and-white garment is an invention of the beverage manufacturer.But when Coca-Cola first used Santa Claus as a figure for his Chr…

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geo broke the news in on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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