A Visit From St Nicholas book covers

In 1823 Clement Moore wrote a story loosely based on Scandinavian tales of Saint Nicholas and a story from fellow New Yorker Washington Irving. The story was just meant for family but a friend submitted it to a newspaper and a Christmas tradition was born. Moore’s conception of Santa Claus, illustrated first by famous artist Thomas Nast, became popular across the United States

There have been hundreds of different book covers for the classic story and these are just a few of the illustrations.