Thomas Nast
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 SANTA CLAUS THOMAS NAST MERRY OLD SANTA CLAUS ANTIQUE 1881 SANTA ENGRAVING $750.00 Time Remaining: 13d 14h 12m Buy It Now for only: $750.00 |
 THOMAS NAST SANTA CLAUS A CHRISTMAS BOX ANTIQUE ENGRAVING 1885 NAST SANTA $425.00 Time Remaining: 14d 16h 50m Buy It Now for only: $425.00 |
 Thomas Nast SANTA CLAUS REBUKE 1871 CHRISTMAS Very Fine Antique Engraving $350.00 Time Remaining: 5d 12h 9m Buy It Now for only: $350.00 |
 Thomas Nast SANTA CLAUSS MAIL LETTERS TO CLAUSE CHRISTMAS 1871Art Print Matted $300.00 Time Remaining: 11d 13h 7m Buy It Now for only: $300.00 |
 1865 Merry Christmas To All by Thomas Nast matted 20 x 25 Santa Claus $289.95 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 15m Buy It Now for only: $289.95 |
 Thomas Nast MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES 1871 Antique Art Print Matted VF $280.00 Time Remaining: 19d 17h 40m Buy It Now for only: $280.00 |
 THOMAS NAST SANTA CHRISTMAS BOX 1885 Print Matted VFINE $275.00 Time Remaining: 40m Buy It Now for only: $275.00 |
 1871 Santa Claus Mail at Desk Naughty or Nice by Thomas Nast matted 16 x 20 $275.00 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 48m Buy It Now for only: $275.00 |
 SANTA CLAUSS MAIL BY THOMAS NAST LETTERS NAUGHTY CHILDREN TOYS NAST SANTA $275.00 Time Remaining: 17d 13h 9m Buy It Now for only: $275.00 |
 1881 Thomas Nast Santa Claus Caught by Waiting Girl matted 16 x 20 $269.00 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 49m Buy It Now for only: $269.00 |
 THOMAS NAST SANTA CLAUS REINDEER SLEIGH GULLIVER WITCH SAME OLD CHRISTMAS STORY $265.00 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 6m Buy It Now for only: $265.00 |
 Thomas Nast MOTHER GOOSE SANTA CHRISTMAS 1880 Art Print $250.00 Time Remaining: 25d 8m Buy It Now for only: $250.00 |
 Thomas Nast Santa Claus with Pipe Climbing Down Chimney $247.00 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 13m Buy It Now for only: $247.00 |
 THOMAS NAST SANTA CLAUS PEACE AND GOODWILL NAST SANTA $250.00 Time Remaining: 5d 13h 26m Buy It Now for only: $250.00 |
 Santa Claus Mother Goose Christmas Thomas Nast matted $229.00 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 13m Buy It Now for only: $229.00 |
 Huge 1865 Thomas Nast Santa Pipe Bugler Boy matted $225.00 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 13m Buy It Now for only: $225.00 |
 Rare Central Park New York Thomas Nast 1864 Hand Color $225.00 Time Remaining: 3d 16h 52m Buy It Now for only: $225.00 |
 SANTA CLAUS WITH PIPE BY THOMAS NAST ANTIQUE SANTA $215.00 Time Remaining: 2d 15h 31m Buy It Now for only: $215.00 |
 1874 Thomas Nast Same Old Pirate Afloat Again White Supremacy matted 20 x 25 $199.00 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 48m Buy It Now for only: $199.00 |
 HugeThomas Nast Lincoln 1864 Christmas Dinner matted $199.95 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 13m Buy It Now for only: $199.95 |
 SANTA CLAUS WITH PIPE CLIMBING DOWN CHIMNEY THOMAS NAST $195.00 Time Remaining: 23d 14h 14m Buy It Now for only: $195.00 |
 Thomas Nast Santa Christmas 1863 Engraving 1863 $189.99 Time Remaining: 4d 17h 35m Buy It Now for only: $189.99 |
 1864 Thomas Nast Thanksgiving Day Abe Lincoln matted $179.95 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 15m Buy It Now for only: $179.95 |
 THOMAS NAST SANTA CLAUS ROUTE CHRISTMAS 1885 Antique Art Print Matted $175.00 Time Remaining: 26d 15h 7m Buy It Now for only: $175.00 |
 CIVIL WAR IN THE WEST STARVING WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY THOMAS NAST HISTORY $165.00 Time Remaining: 23d 14h 13m Buy It Now for only: $165.00 |
 Rare 1879 Political DONKEY Elephant Thomas Nast PRINT 1st appearance together $162.00 Time Remaining: 14d 14h 42m Buy It Now for only: $162.00 |
 THOMAS NAST SANTA CLAUS PRINT 1882 CHRISTMAS FLIRTATION $150.00 Time Remaining: 18d 19h 34m Buy It Now for only: $150.00 |
 1861 Thomas Nast American Home Scenes Slavery matted $139.95 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 16m Buy It Now for only: $139.95 |
 Thomas Nast NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1876 Print Matted VF $125.00 Time Remaining: 12h 40m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 Thomas Nast SANTA RINGING IN THE AIR 1885 Antique Print $125.00 Time Remaining: 14d 16h 54m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 THOMAS NAST NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 1876 Print Matted VF $125.00 Time Remaining: 28d 17h 27m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 THOMAS NAST CHILDREN WAITING FOR SANTA CLAUS FIREPLACE $125.00 Time Remaining: 13h 42m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 THOMAS NAST GROUP OF VULTURES TWEED LET US PREY SKULL $125.00 Time Remaining: 25d 22h 16m Buy It Now for only: $125.00 |
 Thomas Nast Santa Christmas Flirtation Engraving 1882 $124.99 Time Remaining: 4d 17h 49m Buy It Now for only: $124.99 |
 1878 Santa Claus Thomas Nast double folio Christmas $120.00 Time Remaining: 8d 15h 14m Buy It Now for only: $120.00 |
 1876 Old Newspaper CHRISTMAS Prints Thomas Nast SANTA CLAUS Harpers Weekly $108.00 Time Remaining: 9d 18h 33m Buy It Now for only: $108.00 |
 Thomas Nast Black Americana EMANCIPATION SLAVERY 1863 Large Folio Print Matted $105.00 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 5m Buy It Now for only: $105.00 |
 1877 Thomas Nast The Times are Ripening For Lasting Peace matted 20 x 25 $89.95 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 13m Buy It Now for only: $89.95 |
 1876 THOMAS NAST Santa Claus Harpers Weekly CHRISTMAS Prints Old Newspaper $93.00 Time Remaining: 1d 16h 6m Buy It Now for only: $93.00 |
 Thomas Nast New Years Day Engraving 1864 $99.99 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 38m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 Thomas Nast The Fourth Of July 1865 Engravings 1865 $99.99 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 41m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 Thomas Nast Christmas Eve Watch Engraving 1876 $99.99 Time Remaining: 4d 17h 40m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 Thomas Nast Christmas Fancies Engraving 1881 $99.99 Time Remaining: 4d 17h 46m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 Thomas Nast Justice And Peace Engraving 1876 $99.99 Time Remaining: 5d 14h 22m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 Thomas Nast A Cavalry Attack Civil War Engraving 1863 $99.99 Time Remaining: 18d 10h 49m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 Thomas Nast Campaign In Virginia On To Richmond Civil War Engraving 1864 $99.99 Time Remaining: 18d 10h 50m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 Thomas Nast Our Flag The Fourth Of July 1864 Civil War Engraving 1864 $99.99 Time Remaining: 18d 10h 53m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 Thomas Nast Rebel Atrocities Civil War Engraving 1864 $99.99 Time Remaining: 18d 10h 57m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 |
 BOSS TWEED TAMMANY RING SMASHED BY THOMAS NAST TWEED $95.00 Time Remaining: 3d 18h 34m Buy It Now for only: $95.00 |
 SANTA CLAUS JACK IN THE BOX THOMAS NAST SANTA CLAUS $95.00 Time Remaining: 8d 15h 1m Buy It Now for only: $95.00 |
 SANTA CLAUS THOMAS NAST SANTA CLAUSS TOOL BOX ANTIQUE $95.00 Time Remaining: 17d 17h 53m Buy It Now for only: $95.00 |
 1871 Thomas Nast Storm to Blow Over Let us Prey Vultures matted 16 x 20 $89.00 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 48m Buy It Now for only: $89.00 |
 Thomas Nast Beware The Foundation of Free popular Government matted 20 x 25 $85.00 Time Remaining: 29d 19h 3m Buy It Now for only: $85.00 |
 1874 Thomas Nast Not So Easily Taken In 1876 Presidential Election matted $89.95 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 14m Buy It Now for only: $89.95 |
 1862 Quantrills Raiders Rebel Guerrillas Thomas Nast $89.00 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 15m Buy It Now for only: $89.00 |
 Thomas Nast Rebel Guerilla Raid engraving 1862 $89.99 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 13m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 Thomas Nast After The Battle Engraving 1862 $89.99 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 15m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 Thomas Nast The War In The West engraving 1863 $89.99 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 17m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 Thomas Nast Result Of War In Virginia Engraving 1863 $89.99 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 30m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 Thomas Nast Southern Exiles Engraving 1863 $89.99 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 32m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 Thomas Nast Army Of The Potomac Revue Engraving 1863 $89.99 Time Remaining: 4d 16h 35m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 Thomas Nast A Battle As Seen By The Reserve Civil War Engraving 1862 $89.99 Time Remaining: 18d 10h 47m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 Thomas Nast Central Park In Winter Civil War Engraving 1864 $89.99 Time Remaining: 18d 10h 52m Buy It Now for only: $89.99 |
 THOMAS NAST EQUAL RIGHTS TAMMANY ROMAN IRISH CATHOLIC $85.00 Time Remaining: 14d 12h 59m Buy It Now for only: $85.00 |
 THOMAS NAST SANTA CLAUS TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS $85.00 Time Remaining: 17d 15h 9m Buy It Now for only: $85.00 |
 SANTA CLAUS THOMAS NAST FREEDMANS SAVINGS BANK SANTA $85.00 Time Remaining: 29d 13h 6m Buy It Now for only: $85.00 |
 Santa Claus Talks on Telephone to Child Christmas Toys by Thomas Nast 1884 $85.00 Time Remaining: 9d 16h 6m Buy It Now for only: $85.00 |
 Thomas Nast Stonewall Jackson Hand Colored $75.99 Time Remaining: 9d 23h 45m Buy It Now for only: $75.99 |
 1875 Thomas Nast The American River Ganges Crocodiles Catholic matted 16 x 20 $79.00 Time Remaining: 16d 13h 50m Buy It Now for only: $79.00 |
 1871 Thomas Nast Good for Nothing in Miss Columbias Public School mat 16 x 20 $79.00 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 48m Buy It Now for only: $79.00 |
 Thomas Nast Diplomatic Chinese Design United States Opium Trade matted 16 x 20 $79.00 Time Remaining: 16d 19h 49m Buy It Now for only: $79.00 |
 1877 Thomas Nast Justice Brings Peace as 1877 New Year Arrives matted 16 x 20 $79.95 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 13m Buy It Now for only: $79.95 |
 1877 Thomas Nast Mexican Scarecrow vs American Eagle Hewitt Tilden matted $79.95 Time Remaining: 16d 22h 13m Buy It Now for only: $79.95 |
 Thomas Nast Black Americana RECONSTRUCTION SLAVERY 1866 Large FolioPrint Matted $85.00 Time Remaining: 1d 18h 5m Buy It Now for only: $85.00 |
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Where Did it All Start and Why do we do Christmas Gifts?
Christmas is, for many people, their favourite time of the year. Taking away the fact it is a time of rampant Christmas gift giving and stress, it is also the time of year when families most often come together and see each other. For others, it is the joyous occasion of celebrating Christ's birth, and as Christmas has been overtaken by the commercial side of the season, this religious basis for the celebration is often overlooked. However, many people wonder about the origins of Christmas, and especially how the tradition of Christmas gift giving came about in particular!
The celebration of Christmas has its roots in ancient winter festivals. At this time, Christianity was trying to get people to convert and realised that people would be more likely to if they did not have to lose their beloved winter festivals.
The winter solstice was also celebrated, and the Sol Invictus festival lays claim to cementing the 25th of December as Christmas Day, as there is no definitive birth-date of Jesus in the Bible. Pagan Scandinavia used to celebrate a festival called Yule, where there would be carousing until the Yule log burned out, which usually took twelve days. Pagan Germania's equivalent was the mid-winter night, which also used to last around twelve days.
In the Middle Ages, Christmas consisted of bouts of drinking, feasting and caroling. Puritans at the time disliked this carousing, that was ostensibly in Christ's name, and self-styled Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell cancelled Christmas in 1645 due to these reasons. In England, Christmas gifts were traditionally exchanged on New Year's Day in this period.
Pretty soon Christmas was a widespread feast, although after the US revolution it was considered a very British thing to do and as such fell out of favour in America. This soon changed however into the 1800s with Washington Irving's short stories reviving American interest in Christmas. Back in England, Dickens' A Christmas Carol worked to popularize and reframe Christmas as a time of family togetherness. By the late 19th century, Christmas had assumed the traditional form it has today, and in 1870 President Ulysses Grant officially declared Christmas a federal holiday in America. In Great Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand however, the 26th of December, as Boxing Day, also became a holiday. This day became a rest day for servants and other house staff that may have had to work on Christmas Day.
The most iconic association with Christmas is of course Santa Claus, also variously known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas and Pere Noel. His image was created by cartoonist Thomas Nast in 1863, and was standardised by advertising in the 1920s. The myth of Santa Claus possibly comes from stories of Saint Nicholas, though in Britain the image was popularly thought from the 15th century to symbolise drunkenness and merriment. Santa is now thought of as the man who brings Gifts at Christmas, though in South America the legend goes that he makes toys for the baby Jesus to deliver.
The notion of Christmas gift giving is one of the main questions here and it has a very straightforward answer. The giving of Christmas gifts has its roots in the magi, or wise men, bringing gifts to Jesus. In fact, some Eastern Orthodox Churches and European countries still celebrate the traditional date of the Magi's arrival, January 6th, with something like a Christmas gift exchange. In history, the Romans traded gifts as part of their Saturnalia festival, and in the 13th century French nuns gave presents to the poor on St Nicholas' Eve. However, Christmas gift giving as we know it today did not really come about until the late 18th century. In short, the giving of Christmas gifts was meant to remind people of the magi's gifts to the baby Jesus, and by extension God's gift of Christ to humankind. As we all know, nowadays the more social aspect of Christmas gift giving has taken over, as a means of showing affection to family and friends for instance, but the roots of the gift giving should always be remembered as a Christian religious tradition.
The commercial aspect of Christmas is now a gigantic economic operation, as Christmas gift giving is a major tradition. Many shops advertise longer hours to ensure those searching for last minute Christmas gifts are not disappointed. With the advent of the internet, the shopping aspect of Christmas gift giving has been further simplified, with the ease of selection and stress-free browsing major attractions. The greater choice of Christmas gifts online also makes this method of shopping more attractive. Another advantage is that personalised gifts are more widely available on the net than on the high street, and more creative presents such as spa weekends and flying experience are more easily booked online.
In short then, it is fair to say that Christmas gift giving has come a long way from its roots in the Epiphany to what it is today.
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