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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl
Sorry, I honestly wasn't sure whether you were joking, otherwise I would have been less offhand about it.
Personally I trust snopes - they include details and source material. In this case icubed (who I admit I have never read before) simply states "Prior to Sundblom's first rendition in 1931, people envisioned Santa Claus as leprechaun-like, or as a queer mixture of a gnome and a bishop."
I find "people" to be quite a sweeping statement - snopes provides specific examples which disprove this generalisation: 1841 - full sized Santa hired for outside shop; Nast's 1881 Merry Old Santa Claus like the modern Santa; Louis Prang's 1885 card featuring a red suited chubby Santa; New York Times report of 1927 stating that the height, weight and dress are standardised.
Just seems more comprehensive to me.
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agreed.
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