The illustrator Thomas Nast, born in 1840, is perhaps America's most famous political cartoonist. Among other things, he has been credited with the visual association of donkeys with Democrats and ...

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Have you ever heard of Thomas Nast? If you have, you probably know he was Boss Tweed's worst nightmare in New York City in the late 1800s. Perhaps you are thinking he was a criminal or a policeman?

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There are as many stories about Santa Claus in the Marvel Universe as there are in our own. Indeed, there are three distinct figures who inspired tales of a generous old man giving gifts at winter. In ...

Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (8 p.m., ABC) - This 1970 stop-motion special is maybe the greatest Christmas special ever created. Fred Astaire explains the Santa Claus origin story – which includes ...

Ah, the week before Christmas. The most wonderful time of the year. The chocolate is hot. The stockings are stuffed. The news days are slow. That’s the way it used to be, anyway. On Thursday, the ...