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Posted: 09 Dec 2018

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Santa Sends a Wireless Message of Christmas Cheer

Santa Sends a Wireless Message of Christmas Cheer
"Santa sends you a message of Christmas cheer."

Santa Claus always stays up to date with the latest technology. Here he is in the early part of the twentieth century using wireless telegraphy (also called radiotelegraphy) to tap out a Morse code message on a telegraph key. The boy is using a crystal radio set to listen to the dots and dashes of Santa's message. Judging by the smile on the kid's face, I'll bet that he found out that he's on Santa's Nice List.

Santa has also been an early adopter of other communication and transportation technologies, including telephones, typewriters, airships, biplanes, and other kinds of airplanes.

Hello, Merry Christmas! Operator, Can You Help Me, Help Me If You Please

Santa's Simplex Typewriters, 1905

Santa in an Airship High Over the Panama Canal

Santa's Merry Christmas Airdrop

Santa's Joyful Airplane

Smiley Derleth, arts enthusiast, John FitzGerald have particularly liked this photo

Comments
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
A fabulous, totally amazing collection. Alan! Who, but you, would know this was a thing!!
And by the way, that telephone Santa is completely creepy!!
5 years ago.
 Frode
Frode club
Great collection.
5 years ago.

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