This illustration of Santa Claus stopping at the house of a young girl on Christmas Eve is from St. Nicholas, December 1887.

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This illustration of Santa Claus stopping at the house of a young girl on Christmas Eve is from St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks, December 1887. The caption read: She never knew how some one came and looked his shrewd surprise at the wee foot and the stocking–so different in size.

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