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“December 12, 1925,” by Rea Irvin.
In the hundred and five holiday covers The New Yorker has published over ninety Christmas seasons, Santa Claus has proved himself a consummate New Yorker. He has drunk coffee perched alone on a diner stool, lit up smokes in the doorways of buildings, ridden the subway with his fellow Santas, and schlepped through airport security. In the slide show above you can enjoy some vintage Santa covers, and others reflecting holiday ritual and cheer, from the nineteen-twenties through today.
