They seem to agree with the premise (``[Nast] created the modern image of Santa Claus''): ``The cartoonist Thomas Nast established the bounds for Santa Claus'

They seem to agree with the premise (``[Nast] created the modern image of Santa Claus''): ``The cartoonist Thomas Nast established the bounds for Santa Claus' current look with an initial illustration in an 1863 issue of Harper's Weekly, as part of a large illustration titled "A Christmas Furlough".''