Here Comes Santa Claus!

Santa has been visiting children (and adults!) around the world for years!

State Library of New South Wales

Santa at a radio station Christmas party, Sydney, Australia, 1936. Source

State Library of New South Wales

Santa arriving in a chariot driven by a "sheik", c. 1930, Australia. Source

Stockholm Transport Museum

Santa on a tram in Stockholm, 1950. Source

\

State Library of New South Wales

Santa at a department store in Sydney, Australia, 1946. Source

State Library and Archives Florida

Santa at the beach, Florida, 1956. Source

Leonard Mccombe, LIFE © Time Inc.

Santa taking a coffee break in NYC, 1962. Source

© IWM (D 5699)

A (female) Santa at a party for evacuees, Henley-on-Thames, England, 1941. Source

State Library and Archives Florida

Santa in St. Augustine, Florida, 1951. Source

State Library and Archives Florida

Santa giving a little boy a ride in his mail bag, Florida, 1947. Source

John Dominis, LIFE © Time Inc.

A sailor dressed as Santa for the kids at Guantanamo Base, Cuba, 1962. Source

Alfred Eisenstaedt, LIFE © Time Inc.

Department store Santa with a little girl, NYC, 1944. Source

State Library and Archives Florida

Santa with the ladies on the beach, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1952. Source

Martha Holmes, LIFE © Time Inc.

Santa chatting to a secretary, NYC, 1949. Source

State Library and Archives Florida

Seminole chief Billy Osceola dressed as Santa Claus, Hollywood Indian Reservation, Florida, 1959. Source

State Library of New South Wales

Santa in a jalopy, Australia, c. 1935. Source

State Library and Archives Florida

Santa on the beach, Florida, 1964. Source

George Eastman House

And Santa relaxes with a coffee, 1958. Source