And a Merry Christmas to all my readers!
In honour of the day, I'm posting a picture of "Saint Nick in Fresh Gay Suit and Jingling Bells" from the Delineator of December 1922. It is, of course, illustrating the pattern for a Santa Claus costume.
Not only is father in demand at home, but the various church and Sunday-school committees ask him to play the rôle of Santa Claus for their entertainments. It is especially exasperating to drag out a dingy red suit, moth-eaten and four sizes too small, and foolish to wear it when one can make this suit so easily. A cap and leggings are included with the coat, breeches or knickerbockers.
This costume seems to owe a bit more to folklore or ethnic dress than the modern versions of Santa Claus, and the recommended material for making it is red flannel rather than synthetic fibres. The material trimming it is probably not real fur, but you never know! Otherwise, this version of Santa Claus is completely recognisable today.
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