Especially interesting in view of some of the uninformed comments about Lincoln of late.
1 posted on
12/24/2005 2:56:31 PM PST by
Sam Hill
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2 posted on
12/24/2005 2:59:24 PM PST by
Sam Hill
To: Sam Hill
I have a feeling some FReepers will be ripping down Santa imagery tonight...
3 posted on
12/24/2005 3:01:05 PM PST by
Darkwolf377
(Warning: Adult language, but great Christmas message: http://foamy.libertech.net/noxmas.swf)
To: Sam Hill
Thomas Nast ... is more or less the inventor of our Santa ClausNot according to this article at Snopes.com.
To: Sam Hill
A sketch in Harper’s Weekly from 1858 shows a beardless Santa whose sleigh is pulled by a turkey. Wonder why that image didn't catch on?
8 posted on
12/24/2005 3:13:22 PM PST by
fat city
("The nation that controls magnetism controls the world.")
To: Sam Hill
11 posted on
12/24/2005 3:21:23 PM PST by
martin_fierro
(See what I did there?)
To: Sam Hill; Jackknife
To: Sam Hill
One soldier receives a new pair of socks, which would no doubt be one of the most wonderful things a soldier of the time could receive.
The officer on his left looks a lot like Burnside, of Fredericksburg "fame" and sacked by Lincoln three weeks after this Harper's.
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