Christmas Eve Collection (page 4)

The Homeless Waif has happy dreams of Father Christmas and Santa Claus (colour litho)
8644953 The Homeless Waif has happy dreams of Father Christmas and Santa Claus (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Christmas shoppers on Oxford Street, London, 1911 (b/w photo)
8626520 Christmas shoppers on Oxford Street, London, 1911 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas shoppers on Oxford Street, London)

The Foundiling (engraving)
8641628 The Foundiling (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Foundiling. Illustration for The Prize, 1889.); © Look and Learn

For the dinner menu (b/w photo)
8657634 For the dinner menu (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: For the dinner menu)

A Cavalier Xmas greeting (colour litho)
8655888 A Cavalier Xmas greeting (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Cavalier Xmas greeting. A Cavalier kising a maid in a snowy street)

Little Dogberry (chromolitho)
8677479 Little Dogberry (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little Dogberry. Christmas greetings card.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Christmas at home - the game of speculation (engraving)
8677041 Christmas at home - the game of speculation (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas at home - the game of speculation)

Christmas pantomimes at London theatres, 1858 (engraving)
8676646 Christmas pantomimes at London theatres, 1858 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas pantomimes at London theatres)

Performers in Christmas entertainments, 1858 (engraving)
8676643 Performers in Christmas entertainments, 1858 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Performers in Christmas entertainments, 1858)

Performers in Christmas entertainments, 1858 (engraving)
8676640 Performers in Christmas entertainments, 1858 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Performers in Christmas entertainments, 1858)

A Christmas party - the lottery bag (engraving)
8676634 A Christmas party - the lottery bag (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Christmas party - the lottery bag)

Christmas at home (engraving)
8676633 Christmas at home (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christmas at home)

Ringing in Christmas (engraving)
8676627 Ringing in Christmas (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ringing in Christmas)

Ice skating (chromolitho)
8677531 Ice skating (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ice skating. Christmas greetings card.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

Sea Adventure: Wreck of the "Guardian" (colour litho)
8668746 Sea Adventure: Wreck of the "Guardian" (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wreck of the "Guardian." On Christmas Eve, 1789)

Schoolgirls training for a Christmas pantomime in Drury Lane (b/w photo)
8664267 Schoolgirls training for a Christmas pantomime in Drury Lane (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fairies in the making)

Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print)
7293423 Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Religion. Catholic religion. Saint Nicholas and the Pere Fouettard looks a children's shoes in the fireplace)

With my Best wishes for the Coming Year, Victorian Montage
ECD14310 With my Best wishes for the Coming Year, Victorian Montage; Private Collection

Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print)
7293424 Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Religion. Catholic religion. Saint Nicholas day: the children and the Pere Fouettard)

Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print)
7293421 Saint Nicholas Day, c.1880 (print); (add.info.: Religion. Catholic religion. Saint Nicholas and the Pere Fouettard looks a children's shoes in the fireplace)

Father Christmas carrying a Yule log, 1848
3478772 Father Christmas carrying a Yule log, 1848; (add.info.: Father Christmas carrying a Yule log, 1848.); Universal History Archive/UIG

"A Happy Christmas", Christmas card
BAL49247 "A Happy Christmas", Christmas card; Private Collection

Santa Claus, coming down through a chimney, pulling a bag full of toys and a Christmas tree
MMM5481633 Santa Claus, coming down through a chimney, pulling a bag full of toys and a Christmas tree. Watercolor, early 20th century, by William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931)

A Visit to the Old Folk on Christmas Eve - drawn by Alfred Hunt, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
A Visit to the Old Folk on Christmas Eve - drawn by Alfred Hunt, 1864. If one could take a peep into all the houses in England on Christmas Day, what scenes of domestic happiness would be witnessed

Christmas tree decorated with lights. Creator: Willmann, Rudolf Bernhard (1868-1919)
Christmas tree decorated with lights. Private Collection

The Christmas tree. Monthly newsletter: December. Creator: Krenek, Carl (1880-1949)
The Christmas tree. Monthly newsletter: December. Private Collection

Christmas fortune telling, 1862. Creator: Timm, Wassili (George Wilhelm) (1820-1895)
Christmas fortune telling, 1862. Private Collection

Little Christmas Eve Club, 1933. Creator: Nils Dardel
Little Christmas Eve Club, 1933

"The House on Fire on Christmas Eve", 1860. Creator: Unknown. "The House on Fire on Christmas Eve"
"The House on Fire on Christmas Eve", 1860. Illustration from a short story published in "Illustrated London News", 1860

The Christmas Tree - drawn by J. A. Pasquier, 1858. Creator: M. Jackson
The Christmas Tree - drawn by J. A. Pasquier, 1858....the Christmas-tree, although only lately introduced into England, performs one of the most interesting

Christ's Hospital and Christmas Eve - drawn by John Gilbert, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Christ's Hospital and Christmas Eve - drawn by John Gilbert, 1857. Festive scene outside the Blue Coat School in Newgate Street, City of London. From "Illustrated London News", 1857

Christmas Eve at Windsor Castle --The Queens Christmas Tree; after J. Roberts, 1819. Creator: J. Roberts
Christmas Eve at Windsor Castle --The Queens Christmas Tree; after J. Roberts, 1819. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Christmas Eve in Britany, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Christmas Eve in Britany, 1854. A group of men stand talking in a street. One of them is on crutches. From "Illustrated London News", 1854

Cutting the Ashen Fagots; Devonshire, 1854. Creator: Edmund Evans
Cutting the Ashen Fagots; Devonshire, 1854. Old English Christmas tradition. A faggot (large log or a bundle of ash sticks) is bound with nine green lengths of ash bands or beams

Leadenhall Market on Christmas Eve, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Leadenhall Market on Christmas Eve, 1854. From "Cassell's Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31 Dec 1853 to 30 Dec 1854"

The Grocer's Shop at Christmas - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
The Grocer's Shop at Christmas - drawn by Foster, 1850. Shoppers queuing to buy dried fruit to make plum puddings. Illustration to a story by John Oxenford

Christmas in America, 1919. Found in the Collection of A. Mucha Museum, Prague

La nuit de Noel (Christmas Eve). Found in the collection of Musee d Orsay, Paris

Christmas. Artist: Clark, James (1858-1943)
Christmas. Private Collection

Christmas Market, 1918. Artist: Kustodiev, Boris Michaylovich (1878-1927)
Christmas Market, 1918. Found in the collection of the F. Kovalenko Museum of Art, Krasnodar

Christmas Tree in the Salon of Kilo Manor, Early 1920s. Artist: Enckell, Magnus (1870-1925)
Christmas Tree in the Salon of Kilo Manor, Early 1920s. Found in the collection of Art Museum Gosta Serlachius, Mantta

The Christmas carol in the Ukraine. Artist: Pimonenko, Nikolai Kornilovich (1862-1912)
The Christmas carol in the Ukraine. Found in the collection of the Regional Art Museum, Kherson

Children sitting on the chimney, trapping a trap at Father Christmas, for the Christmas 1930 newspaper "Le
LSE4086688 Children sitting on the chimney, trapping a trap at Father Christmas, for the Christmas 1930 newspaper "Le Dimanche illustrious" (engraving) by French School

Plastic blow mold Santa figurine on white background

Midnight Mass, Christmas Night in Bertincourt, Champagne, 1900 (oil on canvas)
8307570 Midnight Mass, Christmas Night in Bertincourt, Champagne, 1900 (oil on canvas) by Guery, Armand (1850-1912); 81.5 x 116 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Grand Ball in aid of St. Mary's Hospital, Dawson, 1899 (b/w photo)
3671432 Grand Ball in aid of St. Mary's Hospital, Dawson, 1899 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois

Christmas Cactus, c.1920-30 (w/c)
7441374 Christmas Cactus, c.1920-30 (w/c) by Shackleton, William (1872-1933); 23x29.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Artist: William Shackleton (1872-1933)); Photo © Sarah Colegrave Fine Art

Christmas eve in a parisian restaurant, ca 1900 (Illustration)
7422817 Christmas eve in a parisian restaurant, ca 1900 (Illustration) by Tempestini, Petro (fl.1900); (add.info.: Food and beverage. Christmas eve in a parisian restaurant)

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"Capturing the Magic of Christmas Eve: From Earthrise to Artwork" As we gaze at the iconic Earthrise photograph, our hearts fill with wonder and awe. The beauty of our planet illuminated under the night sky reminds us of the enchantment that awaits on Christmas Eve. Transporting ourselves back in time, we find solace in c1915 artwork by Stanhope A Forbes. His depiction of a serene Christmas Eve scene takes us to a simpler era, where joy and love were cherished above all else. In Charles Dickens' timeless tale, "A Christmas Carol, " artist John Leech captures Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation from a cold-hearted miser to a compassionate soul. This powerful image serves as a reminder that redemption and second chances are possible even on this magical night. Surfing Santas riding waves on their surfboards off Cocoa Beach, Florida bring an unexpected twist to traditional festivities. Amidst palm trees and sandy shores, they infuse laughter and warmth into this special occasion – proving that Santa can spread cheer wherever he goes. Dante Gabriel Rossetti's artistic interpretation of "A Christmas Carol" adds depth and emotion to the classic story. Through his brushstrokes, we witness characters come alive with vivid expressions, reminding us of the power behind Dickens' words. Thomas Nast's engravings take us through various facets of Christmases past. From Santa Claus coming down chimneys to bell-ringing celebrations echoing through English streets – these illustrations evoke nostalgia for traditions that have stood the test of time. Traveling further back in history, we glimpse Martin Luther celebrating with his wife Katharina von Bora and children on Christmas Eve in 1536. This German engraving from the 19th century reminds us that family bonds grow stronger during this season as loved ones gather together around flickering candlelight. Even cats join in on the merriment.