The image of Santa as a jolly and friendly old man, with a small stature but a big heart, emerged through the writings and paintings of the artists during the 1800s. Clement Moore was the first to describe our Father Christmas as the chubby old man, with rosy cheeks, wearing a furry overcoat and hat. Robert Weir, the art teacher, was the first to paint the portrait of Santa Claus in 1837. He made Santa wear a short suit and a stocking hat as he puffs at his long clay pipe. Finally it was in 1863, that we get to see Santa more as a real person through the pictures drawn by Thomas Nast.
Through his pictures of Santa’s world, for the first time we got a glimpse of the old man’s magical world. It portrayed him as making toys in his workshop in the North Pole, reading letters from children and making lists of the children for whom he has to take gifts this Christmas. In December 1867, the Godey’s magazine had imprinted a portrait of an old bearded man wearing a long suit. He had a staff in one hand, while with the other hand; he was shown to be holding a doll. However, it was in 1931, that Haddon Sundblom gave the final picture of the stout man with ruddy complexion.
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