James Edgar
Male, Deceased Person
1843 – 1909
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Who was James Edgar?
James Edgar was a businessman who has been credited with being the one who first came up with the idea of dressing up as Santa Claus for Christmas. He started the tradition in 1890 in his Brockton, Massachusetts, department store.
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