Boston: How Abraham Lincoln and a political cartoonist made Santa Claus an American icon

How Abraham Lincoln and a magazine illustrator elevated Christmas to a national holiday, and used it to win the Civil War.
The New York Times

ON LINCOLN, POLITICIAN; Greatest in Modern History, Says the Rev. Mr. Crowe. His Supreme Achievements Used as an Illustration of the Necessity of Wise Politics.

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