nativity from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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Christmas tradition from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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holly from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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Christmas tradition from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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Christmas tradition from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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poem for children from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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praying from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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Christmas tradition from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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Christmas tradition from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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Christmas tradition from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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Christmas tradition from "The Coming of Father Christmas"
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Christmas on HMAS Benalla, 1944
ID Number: 017963 .Maker: Bottomley, Clifford . Pacific Area No. 23. Father Christmas on HMAS Benalla was Telegraphist John Barry of Port Melbourne, Vic, 24 years old with six years Navy service. He was em... More
Father Christmas comes to Shrewsbury Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital
Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Siôn Corn yn ymweld ag Ysbyty Clust, Trwyn a Gwddf Amwythig.Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Dyddiad/Date: December 1, 1950.Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm / Film n... More
Father Christmas in his grotto at Bon Marche, Pwllheli.
Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title:Siôn Corn yng ngroto siop Bon Marche, Pwllheli.Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Dyddiad/Date: December 7, 1961..Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm / Film negative.Cyfei... More
Father Christmas in his grotto at Bon Marche, Pwllheli
Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Sion Corn yng ngroto siop Bon Marche, Pwllheli.Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002).Dyddiad/Date: 7/12/1961.Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm / Film negative.Cyfeiriad/Re... More
Father Christmas
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Santa at the Circus
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Santa comes to Fenwicks
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Father Christmas at Union Station, Washington, D.C.
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Carriage Ride at the Park
Visitors enjoy a carriage ride during the Father Christmas/Victorian Celebration Event at the park in December 2015.
American Children Give British Party- Christmas For Evacuees, Henley-o...
American Children Give British Party- Christmas For Evacuees, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 1941 Father Christmas hands out toys and games, including a set of building bricks, to children at a home for evacuee... More
Christmas time at a home for evacuees in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire...
Christmas time at a home for evacuees in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 1941. Father Christmas lifts a young girl up to look at a toy soldier on a highly-decorated Christmas tree at a home for evacuees in Henle... More
Royal Price Alfred Hospital Christmas kiss, Sydney, December 1944
Merry Christmas 2009 and a Happy New Year 2010 to all our viewers! We hope you get lots of kisses, too. And if you could tell us where the "noughties" went ... ! Format: Photonegative Notes: Find more detailed ... More
Father Christmas in his grotto at Bon Marche, Pwllheli (15797885217)
Teitl Cymraeg/Welsh title: Sion Corn yng ngroto siop Bon Marche, Pwllheli Ffotograffydd/Photographer: Geoff Charles (1909-2002) Dyddiad/Date: 7/12/1961 Cyfrwng/Medium: Negydd ffilm / Film negative Cyfeiriad/Re... More
Father Christmas 1887 RMG PV2502, William Lionel Wyllie
Father Christmas 1887 Medium includes graphite.
Radio station 2CH's Children's Christmas party, Trocadero, Sydney, 22....
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Christmas tree and party, Matron Dunn, 25...
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Santa arrives in a chariot driven by a "sheik", n.d. - by Sam Hood (30...
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Santa in a jalopy, n.d. - by Sam Hood (3081702290)
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Social vol VIII No 12 diciembre 1923 0000
Cover of the Cuban magazine Social. Art by Alex Bierig
Gerard-C-Smith-1969-in-Helsinki
Photograph of the American diplomat Gerard C. Smith and his wife Bernice Smith with Father Christmas in Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, leaving for the U.S.
Gerard-Smith-Val-Peterson-1970
Photograph of the U.S. diplomats Gerard Smith (right) and Val Peterson bidding farewell to Father Christmas at Helsinki-Vantaa airport. They were leaving Finland for the United States after the SALT negotiations.
Radio Times - 1923-12-21 - p460 (Glossop)
Listening!, a cartoon by Cecil Glossop, from page 460 of the "Christmas Number" (issue 13) of the The Radio Times, 21 December 1923.
Image taken from page 17 of 'The Coming of Father Christmas' (11228106...
Image taken from: Title: "The Coming of Father Christmas" Author: MANNING, Eliza F. Shelfmark: "British Library HMNTS 11650.f.64." Page: 17 Place of Publishing: London Date of Publishing: 1894 Publisher: F. War... More
Father Christmas Enjoying a Christmas Feast
Depiction of Father Christmas wearing a crown of holly and holding a punch bowl.
Christmas with the Yule Log, Illustrated London News, 23 Dec 1848
'Christmas with the Yule Log'. The illustration is accompanied by a verse which begins: "WHAT? Father Christmas! here again? With Yule Log on your back, And mighty store of racy things Well stuffed within your pack".
Alfred Crowquill - Old Father Christmas Image
Book illustration, pen drawing
The Music in the Hall, Illustrated London News, 23 Dec 1843
"Old Christmas, by Crowquill (Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-72))". Accompanies a short play 'The Music in the Hall' in which the figure is referred to as 'Father Christmas'. Detail from Christmas Scenes. Illust... More
Christmascarol1843 -- 093
from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
São Nicolau e os infantes (1848) - Fernando II de Portugal
Saint Nicholas with the Infantes, 1848 drawing by King Ferdinand II of Portugal. Pictured are the living children of Ferdinand II and Maria II: Pedro V de Portugal (1837-1861), Luís I de Portugal (1838-1889), ... More
Ghost of Christmas Present John Leech 1843
A colourised edit of an engraving of Charles Dickens' "Ghost of Christmas Present" character, by John Leech in 1843.
A party of mummers, Robert Chambers, The Book of Days, vol II, 1864
'A party of mummers'.
Christmas and his children, by Robert Seymour, 1836
"Christmas and his children", a vision of the lost Christmas of Merry England. The author imagines Old Father Christmas as a magician, "summoning his spirits from the four winds for a general muster". The 'ch... More
Father Christmas Up-To-Date, Punch, Dec 1896
'Father Christmas Up-To-Date'
Father Christmas Not Up-To-Date, Punch, Dec 1897
'Father Christmas Not Up-To-Date'. The text reads 'Hope I don't intrude".
FatherChristmastrial
Frontispiece to Josiah King's pamphlet The Examination and Tryal of Old Father Christmas (1687). King had previously published a pamphlet with the very similar title The Examination and Tryall of Old Father Ch... More
Frontispiece to ''The Vindication of Christmas'' by John Taylor, 1652
Frontispiece to John Taylor's pamphlet The Vindication of Christmas
Merry Christmas, Illustrated London News, 25 December 1847
'Merry Christmas!' The full-page illustration is accompanied by two verses, the first being: Old Christmas is come for to keep open house And scorns to be guilty of starving a mouse: Then come, boys, and welc... More
Mummers, by Robert Seymour, 1836
Mummers.
Old Christmas riding a goat, by Robert Seymour, 1836
'Old Christmas', shown riding a yule goat. The original illustration is entitled 'Old Christmas' and is accompanied by a verse: "In furry pall yclad, / His brows enwreathed with holly never sere, / Old Christm... More
Old Christmas, Illustrated London News 24 Dec 1842
'Old Christmas' The illustration is accompanied by a verse, 'The Song of the Wassail Bowl'.
Sandys 1852 - Modern Christmas Plays, ChapterVIII
An 1852 depiction of a 'modern' Christmas play (now generally known as a mummers play). The character are, from left to right: Father Christmas, 'represented as as a grotesque old man, with a large mask and co... More
The Awakening of Father Christmas, Punch, Dec 1891
'The Awakening of Father Christmas; Or, A Call to Alms'