Festive Collection

Medaeval Christmas revelry. Be Merrie All, Be Merrie All, With Holly Deck the Festive Hall? Date: circa 1905

Father Christmas by E. F. Skinner
Father Christmas dismounts from his sleigh, laden with toys for good children. Date: 1909

Festive stockings packaging design by David Wright
Packaging for Glamour Girl sheer stockings designed by pin-up artist David Wright wishing wearers a Merry Christmas

British Tommy on leave returns home to his family
From a Somme dugout to the Home Fireside A British Tommy on leave returns home to his family - just in time for Christmas Dinner. 1916

The Yule Log by John Hassall
A group of children pull a Yule log through the snow, hampered by the fact that two little boys have decided it is a good idea to sit on it. Date: c.1910

Decorating the Christmas tree
A festive scene showing a family decorating a huge Christmas tree with streamers and baubles. Date: 1923

Tatler front cover, Christmas number 1926
Bold front cover by Lewis Baumer for the Tatler Christmas Number front cover featuring a happy looking woman in a striking blue and yellow cloak against a festive snowy background. 1926

Walking through the snow by Ethel Parkinson
A woman wrapped up warmly in a fetching red cape and fur muff walks through the snow with her little daughter who holds a doll and looks excited to have found a festive sprig of holly. c.1903

Batgers Forfeit Crackers
A jolly party game at home at the dinner table with a family wearing party hats playing forfeits. Looks like poor Percy has had to go under the table with Uncle Clarence. Date: c.1925

London Opinion Christmas Number 1938
An alluring woman dressed in a sexy Santa Claus outfit emerges from a special hamper. Date: December 1938

Under the Mistletoe Bough by Florence Hardy
A couple from the late 18th century flirt together in the snow. c.1914

Christmas Carol Singer
Charming illustration showing a young girl wearing a red, cloche hat singing angelically from a book of Christmas carols. Date: December 1926

Christmas cracker labels
A jolly, festive scene showing a family enjoying party games at home during the Christmas period. Date: c.1925

Advertisement for fruit cake -- a welcome gift for friends, and a festive delight for your family

Batgers Crackers label

Gipsies Dancing
Gipsy children in festive costume, dancing to the music of a harmonica and the beat of a drum. Date: early 1930s

Gathering Holly by Ethel Parkinson
A festive scene showing two children gathering armfuls of holly and ivy in the snow. c.1903

Overtime at a Christmas cracker factory by William Heath Rob
Colour illustration by William Heath Robinson depicting one of his usual contraptions designed to solve the increase in demand for Christmas crackers during the forthcoming festive season

Delineator front cover December 1929
Art deco cover featuring a woman surrounded by Christmas presents. Date: December 1929

Delineator Christmas Number 1927
Festive front cover design by Helen Dryden featuring a woman with fashionably cropped blonde hair clutching a heap of wrapped up Christmas presents against a candlelit background. Date: December 1927

Now We re Off by Florence Hardy

Just We Two by Florence Hardy
Two children dressed in clown and Pierrot costumes sit close together on top of a giant snowball. c.1920

The Silvery Moon by Florence Hardy
Two children dressed in clown and Pierrot costumes, skate together under a silver moon. c.1920

Christmas children by Florence Hardy
Four little girls dressed in identical red capes and carrying matching fur muffs step out looking very festive. Date: c.1920

Skating Girls by Florence Hardy
Three little girls, dressed identically in red coats and carrying fur muffs with matching hats skate across a frozen pond. Date: c.1920

Skating girls by Florence Hardy
Four girls, dressed in pretty early Victorian dresses, bonnets and muffs, hold hands as they skate together. Date: c.1920

Christmas Girl by Florence Hardy
A young girl dressed in an early Victorian style blue coat and bonnet walks through the snow carrying a sprig of holly. Date: c.1920

Christmas children skating by Florence Hardy
Two children dressed in rather romantic outfits hold hands as they skate across a frozen pond. Date: c.1920

Christmas children by Florence Hardy
Two children in Georgian style costumes stand in the snow

Christmas children skating by Florence Hardy
Three small children, looking very festive in their matching green elfin capes skate together across a frozen pond. Date: c.1920

A Right Merrie Xmas by Florence Hardy
Three children wearing matching green capes play together in the snow and form a giant snowball, perhaps to be later transformed into a snowman. Date: c.1920

Christmas children sledging
Four small girls dressed in matching festive red capes and with fur muffs share a rather long sledge decorated with holly, forming a very pictureseque scene as they whizz down a snowy slope

Christmas Children by Florence Hardy
Four children, wrapped up warm with matching striped jumpers, hats and mufflers, share a long sledge as they slide down a snowy slope carrying branches of holly. Date: c.1920

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