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* [[Santa Claus]]
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Nast immigrated to the [[United States]] from [[Germany]] at the age of six, and was a staunch supporter of the [[Union|North]] during the [[Civil War]], when he first became popular as a cartoonist while in his early 20s.
Nast immigrated to the [[United States]] from [[Germany]] at the age of six, and was a staunch supporter of the Union during the [[American Civil War]], when he first became popular as a cartoonist while in his early 20s.
A German Protestant immigrant himself, Nast was notably hostile to Irish Catholic immigrants and some of his cartoons reflected his anti-Irish and anti-[[Catholic]] prejudice.<ref>http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=394</ref>
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