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This holiday season the Cuyahoga County Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument is presenting “Patriotic Santa” as a free public event. Join this historically accurate Civil War Santa pulled from the pages of Harper’s Weekly.
Take a photo with Santa for free on your personal device from 11:00am to 6:00pm during Winterland, November 30
Join Us and Experience Patriotic Santa
November 30, 2024 – 11:00am to 6:00pm
December 7, 2024 – 11:00am to 2:00pm
December 14, 2024 – 11:00am to 2:00pm
In 1862 and 63 Thomas Nast, an illustrator for Harper’s Weekly merged the elfin imagery from his native Germany and the European mythology of Santa Clause to create what we know of today as the American version of Santa.
Pet photos are welcome before 2pm each day.