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
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Issuer not printed on the sheet (U.S. wartime poster)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Issuer not printed on the sheet. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-163.
Text on the object
A MERRY CHRISTMAS PEACE Your Gift To The Nation
