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title: 'A Merry Christmas: Peace, Your Gift to the Nation'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/peace-your-gift-to-the-nation-a-merry-christmas-1918/
description: Santa Claus stands behind a bearded figure in a campaign hat, who in turn stands behind a smiling young soldier.
section: Collection
---

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[![A Merry Christmas: Peace, Your Gift to the Nation, 1918 US poster: Santa Claus stands behind a bearded figure in a campaign](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/peace-your-gift-to-the-nation-a-merry-christmas-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/peace-your-gift-to-the-nation-a-merry-christmas-1918.jpg)

# A Merry Christmas: Peace, Your Gift to the Nation

Santa Claus stands behind a bearded figure in a campaign hat, who in turn stands behind a smiling young soldier, all framed by a star-spangled shield and wreaths under the words 'A Merry Christmas' and 'Peace.' The tell is the stacking of Christmas, national symbols and a soldier to attach warmth to the idea of peace as a gift.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
A MERRY CHRISTMAS

PEACE
Your Gift To The Nation
```

[← Patriots! Use Cornmeal (U.S. Food Administration, New York Federal Food Board)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/patriots-use-cornmeal-new-york-federal-food-board-1918/) [...per la Patria i miei occhi! per la Pace il vostro denaro. Prestito Nazionale (For the Fatherland my eyes, for Peace your money) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/per-la-patria-i-miei-occhi-prestito-1918/)

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