Santa With Elves by Norman Rockwell

December 2, 1922 Issue of The Saturday Evening Post

An alternate title is Santa's Helpers.

This painting was Rockwell's second picture of Santa Claus featured on the cover of The Post. Rockwell's first Post Christmas cover appeared on December 9, 1916.

This Santa Claus picture continued The Post's long tradition of presenting a Norman Rockwell Christmas painting on its cover.

In fact, when envisioning Santa Claus, most people see him the way Norman Rockwell painted him.

And to think it only cost five cents!

Santa With Elves

It's just like the saying "Behind every successful man, there is a woman." Behind a successful Santa Claus, there are a lot of hard-working elves!

I count seven hard-working elves. Yes, I know there are eight in the painting, but one is the boss elf. Well, I am sure he works hard, too.

Santa is so exhausted that he doesn't even notice the boss elf pulling on his ear.

The other elves are finishing toys and loading up Santa's magic bag. The doll is finished and being loaded in the bag.

The little house, marked "RUSH", is not quite ready. Not only is the painting not finished, the paint will need a while to dry. Wait, of course, it is magic paint and dries instantly!

In that case, it is almost time to wake Santa and send him on his way to reward all the good boys and girls.

Merry Christmas!

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