7 Deeply Sinister Santas From Christmas Past

    He sees you when you’re sleeping, he knows when you’re awake. The British Newspaper Archive reveal the creepy Santas of yesteryear.

    Matthew Tucker
    by Matthew Tucker

    BuzzFeed Picture Editor, UK

    1. Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 11 December 1937.

    2. Dundee Courier, 29 December 1922.

    3. Tamworth-Herald, 17 December 1949.

    4. Western Morning News, 24 December 1924.

    5. Western Morning News, 24 December 1924.

    6. Evening Telegraph, 14 December 1926.

    7. Cornishman, 1 January 1948.