Although many credit our modern day Santa to Thomas Nast,
Santa’s jolly look all started in 1931 with legendary illustrator
Haddon Sundblom for a Coca-Cola holiday ad campaign. His
Santa has become one of the most beloved cultural icons and
an anticipated part of the Christmas holiday tradition. 
 

Haddon Hubbard "Sunny" Sundblom (June 22, 1899 – March 10, 1976)

Mr. George Whipple (above) is a fictional supermarket manager
featured in television commercials, radio, and print ad’s that
ran in the United States and Canada from 1964 to 1985 for
Charmin toilet paper.

Father’s Day has been celebrated on March 19 as Saint Joseph’s Day
since the Middle Ages. In America, Father’s Day was founded by
Sonora Smart Dodd (below) and celebrated on the third Sunday of
June for the first time in 1910. It is held on various days in many parts
of the world all throughout the year, often in the months of March, May
and June.

Sonora Smart Dodd (February 18, 1882 – March 22, 1978)