| The Public Paperfolding History Project
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| Father Christmas / Santa Claus | |||||||
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page is being used to collect information about the
history of folded paper figures representing Father
Christmas and Santa Claus. ********** 1951 The Postman appears in the guise of Santa Claus in 'Folding Paper for Children: Origami' by Claude Sarasas, which was published by Kodansha in Tokyo in 1951.
********** 1957 This simple Santa Claus appears in 'Origami: Book One' by Florence Sakade, which was published by the Charles E Tuttle Company in Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo in 1957.
********** 1960 The same design, but with the addition of a cap, appears in 'Origami Storybook' by Florence Sakade, which was published by Charles Tuttle and Company Ltd in Tokyo and Vermont in 1960
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********** 1960 Another design for 'Santa Claus' appears in 'Happy Origami: Whale Book' by Tatsuo Miyawaki, which was published by Biken-Sha in 1960.
********** 1965 A Santa Claus appears in 'Origami in the Classroom: Book 1: Activities for autumn through Christmas' by Chiyo Araki, which was published by Charles E Tuttle Co Inc in 1965. Santa's hat is origami, the face is papercraft.
********** 1967 A compound 'Santa Claus' figure appears in 'Origami Festival' by Isao Honda, which was published by Japan Publications Inc in Tokyo in 1967.
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