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Jolly St Nick’s Look Defined by Moore and Nast Through Time
A century of Santa Claus imagery began with Clement Clarke Moore’s 1822 poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas. Read to children by Harriet Butler, it appeared in the Troy Sentinel in 1823 and later shaped the modern Santa look.
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Santa Claus
St. Nick
Clement Clarke Moore
Columbia University
New York
St. Nicholas
Dr Moore
Saint Micholas
Harriet Butler
Moor
St Paul’s Church
Troy
N. Y
Father’s Parish
Orville Holley
Happy Land
Sentinel
Myron King
Santa
Thomas Nast