Merry Christmas!!!!

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Thanks, Scott, and very interesting. I did not know (needs citation) that Lincoln commissioned Thomas Nast to create what we now call Civil War Santa. I'll have to dig out Kevin Rawlings book and check on it. Kevin is the perfect Civil War Santa, and we employed him for many years to assist with our Christmas Candlelight Tours at Surratt House.

Somehow, I just cannot imagine that the Lincolns did not enjoy some Christmas fun in present-giving once they became parents. They just doted on their children too much.