Duncan Royale " The Nast Santa Claus" Figurine made by Thomas Nast

This is a Duncan Royale "The Nast Santa Claus" Figurine that stands at ". This figurine has no cracks, chips or breaks, the coloring is nice & briverant. Comes from a smoke free, animal free home.

THE NAST SANTA CLAUS -  When Clement Clarke Moore wrote his immortal poem " A Visit from St. Nicholas "which best decribed santa Claus in a vivid way and gave lively names to his rein deer, he inspired the famous Harper's Weekly cartoonist, Thomas Nast.

Until nast picked up his pen, American's images of santa Claus were many. No on Characterization really stuck to him. Some thought of him as a man in buckskin, a throwback to the pioneer days. Others saw him as the mitred bishop from the Old World. Still others saw him as a sprightly gent in Dutch garments, chewing on a long pipe.

Nast's pen-and ink drawings gave Santa the universal image he enjoys today... the plump, compfortable, lovable gent with the bag of toys on his back. He was still a bit of an elf, as the poem might suggest, but he soon would grow in size with the help from Madison Avenue.

The Harper's Weekly drawings featured in the 1860's included a cover picture of Santa dressed in Stars and Stripes, presenting gifts to the Union, soldiers at camp. Another had him jumping from the sleigh to the chimney with a pipe clenched in his teeth. Often, his drawings included children nestled snugly in their beds as Santa made his rounds.

Abraham Lincoln was president at the time and asked Nast to create a Santa image for America.

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