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LuvNewcastle

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4. Occult Santa

Reply to appalachiablue (Reply #3)

Tue Dec 24, 2019, 07:09 PM

Dec 2019

The Santa in the Nast drawing looks like a wizard with the stars all over his coat and his pointy hat. Of course, when you look closer you see that he has striped pants, so Santa was actually wearing an American flag. Interesting way to convey that Santa supported the U.S. war effort.

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