Free Vintage Santa Clip Art
These vintage Santas look range from a little serious and even worried to as jolly as we’ve come top expect Santa to be. Because the origin of these images span decades, you can see how Santa’s image has evolved over the years. In case you’re interested to read more about how Santa has changed, see Wikipedia’s Santa Claus in Northern American Culture.
Mid-twentieth-century Santa clip art is consistently cheerful. In fact, those images of Santa — which are from the 1940′s through the 1960′s — are downright silly. See our collection of mid-century vintage Santas.
Click a Santa clip art image below to view and download a larger version (enlarged sizes vary):
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For more Santa images, see our vintage Santa Claus Christmas cards, vintage Santa Claus kids Christmas cards (mentioned in the copy above) and vintage Santa graphics. There’s also plenty more vintage clip art for Christmas in our Free Clip Art Sourcebook.
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October 24th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
I’m not sure if I can use these images or not. They say free and I’d like to copy one and use it in a card class . May I?
Thank you.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
May I use one of these free clip art vintage santas in a card class? Thank you.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Hi, Patti. Yes, you can use these for your card class. If you have the opportunity to give a link to Vintage Holiday Crafts from a blog or Web site, that would be much appreciated. But it’s not mandatory.
December 8th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I am so happy to find someone who is willing to share clip art for free. Today everyone is looking for how much money they can get from you. Your clip art is great and is very much appreciated. Thank you karen
December 8th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Hi, Karen. Thanks for stopping by and leaving such a nice comment. It feels good to be appreciated!
December 10th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
These Vintage and Victorian images are my favorite! Thanks for sharing them with the public. I saved a some and plan to use them as blocks in a quilt, using photo tranfer fabric sheets.
Shelly
December 10th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Hi, Shelly. Using vintage images in a quilt is a great idea. I’ll bet it’s going to be gorgeous!
February 24th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
thanks so much for these great clip art images- I make decoupage boxes and frames as gifts for my friends and family and they are perfect! Thank you!
February 25th, 2009 at 12:37 am
You’re welcome, Margaret. Thanks for leaving a comment.
November 25th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Thank you! I’m always looking for holiday images to use on my homemade cards! Thank you for your generosity!
November 26th, 2009 at 10:50 am
You’re welcome, Sarah! Have fun using the images.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:36 pm
I work in an Alzheimiers unit and am using some of your vintage clipart for the Christmas memory board. Great response. Thanks for the website.
Susan-Colorado
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Thanks so much for sharing that, Susan. You made my day!
December 17th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Thanks for sharing Vintage Clip Art for holidays. I used a couple to send invitations out for our annual friends Christmas gathering and it made them look so sweet and homey. I love the feeling of stepping back in time. Thanks so much.
December 17th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
You’re welcome, Katrina. I’m glad you were able to find such a fun use for the images.
November 2nd, 2010 at 1:18 pm
These are beautiful! I’m so excited to see some of the images that I remember from so long ago. Thank you for sharing so generously, and freely!!
November 2nd, 2010 at 2:03 pm
You’re welcome, Cindie. I hope you enjoy using the images.
November 14th, 2010 at 11:24 am
Thank you so very much for letting me copy your vintage Santas it will make my Christmas sooo nice. Thank you for your site. I just love it.
November 15th, 2010 at 10:18 am
You’re welcome, Doris! Have fun using the images.
November 29th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Thanks so much for mainting this site, it’s such a great resource! I’ve used one of these images on labels for some chocolate bars I made as a holiday gift – you can see them here.
November 30th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
I love the way the wrappers came out! Good job.
December 10th, 2011 at 10:01 pm
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO USE YOUR CARDS FOR PRIVAT USE PLEASE
TYVM
MONICA
PS. I FIND THEM THE BEST I HAVE YET SEE,
December 11th, 2011 at 9:30 am
Thanks for your kind words, Monica. You’re welcome to use the images as much as you want for personal uses, such as scrapbooking, making Christmas cards or crafts to give to friends and family (not sold), etc. Have fun!
December 14th, 2011 at 4:10 am
On your site it says is free.
I’m planing to make a site tipe like “santamail”, and on site and letter I would like put your free clip arts, therefor I’m askin for your permission to use and put on my planing site and on letters?!
Thank you!
December 14th, 2011 at 9:26 am
Hi, Slavko. Please refer to our Terms of Use, which explains how you can and cannot use the art. If you have any questions, please send an e-mail to the e-mail address on that page.
Please be aware that we don’t allow people to give away our images for free, even if the license fee is paid. That would be competing with us, so it’s prohibited.