Christmas on the Isthmus. Illustration shows Uncle Sam as Santa Claus with his bag of toys, handing a bag of money labeled $10,000,000 to a little boy wearing a hat labeled Panama and holding a huge ship, some books, one labeled Ledger, and towing a model railroad. There is a railing on the right that divides the space into an area with a Christmas tree and an area without; hanging on the railing, looking in, are five boys labeled Colombia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and San Domingo who are depressed and possibly angered that Santa Claus/Uncle Sam has nothing for them. Date 1903 December 23. Christmas on the Isthmus. Illustration shows Uncle Sam as Santa Claus with his bag of toys, handing a bag of money labeled $10,000,000 to a little boy wearing a hat labeled Panama and holding a huge ship, some books, one labeled Ledger, and towing a model railroad. There is a railing on the right that divides the space into an area with a Christmas tree and an area without; hanging on the railing, looking in, are five boys labeled Colombia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and San Domingo who are depressed and possibly angered that Santa Claus/Uncle Sam has nothing for them. Date 1903 December 23.