Santa’s Reindeer Out of Work (1900)
The December 22, 1900 Duluth Evening Herald (Duluth, MN) ran this illustration of the 20th Century Santa who, naturally, uses a flying machine. Those poor reindeer, now out of work, have been replaced by machines. KRISS KRINGLE UP-TO-DATE No old-fashioned reindeer for him – he skims over house tops in a flying machine. Twentieth Century…