Festive Collection (#5)

Christmas Feasting in the 14th century
Artists impression of a banquet of the 14th century. The tables were narrow and movable, consisting of boards resting on trestles

The Pudding in Danger, Christmas WW1
A sailor on board a Royal Navy battleship keeps his balance on deck during a storm in order to preserve a fine Christmas pudding which has been sent from home. Date: 1916

Christmas Leave by A. C. Michael, WW1
Scene on the platform of a British railway station as a troop train arrives bringing with it officers and men back from the Front for a period of leave over Christmas. Date: 1916

Drawing Lots for Christmas Leave, WW1
Illustration by Samuel Begg in the Illustrated London News Christmas Number for 1916 showing British soldiers on the Western Front drawing lots out of a steel helmet to decide who gets Christmas

Daddys Christmas Dinner by Samuel Begg, WW1
Illustration for the ILN 1916 Christmas number showing a mother and her children packing a special parcel to be sent to her husband at the front

Christmas Day with the Fleet, sailors enjoy Xmas dinner, WW1
Sailors as guests of Lady Beatty (wife of Admiral Beatty) enjoying a Christmas dinner " somewhere in Scotland." The wives of officers of the Grand Fleet helped to make the dinner a success

Christmas Day at the Aldwych YMCA Rest Hut, WW1
Soldiers and sailors enjoying some lively entertainment at the busy Aldwych Rest Hut, Christmas 1916. Gifts of pipes, tobacco

Christmas Festivities in the Shakspere Hut, WW1
A busy scene of festive jollity at the Shakspere Hut, one of numerous YMCA huts erected around London during the First World War to provide rest, food

Dragon Dance, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA
Dragon Dance in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, USA Date: circa 1940

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

Decking the halls: Christmas decorations, 1871
Women decorate the interior of a house at Christmas with festive greenery. A stags head is being festooned with garlands, whilst a ball of mistletoe hangs from the light. Date: 1871

Loranthaceae - Mistletoe
Loranthaceae: the mistletoe tribe. Source: Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions by Twining, Elizabeth, 1805-1889

Christmas Dinner in the trenches by Charles Crombie
" God Rest You, Merry Gentlemen, may nothing you dismay" - a festive view of a British trench on the Western Front with soldiers, rather implausibly

Home Gardening magazine, December 1931
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a quaint country cottage and its surrounding garden covered in snow, together with a calendar for the year 1932. Date: 1931

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. Date: 1916

Father Christmas in silhouette
Silhouette illustration of Father Christmas in his sleigh pulled by reindeer, setting off laden with Christmas trees and gifts for good boys and girls. Date: 1902

Queen Alexandras Christmas tree at Sandringham
The impressive Christmas tree at the royal residence of Sandringham, Norfolk. c.1905

Christmas - Decorations being sold in Moscow
The interior of a 1928 Moscow shop laden with outlandish Christmas decorations available for purchase. Date: 1928

Delineator cover December 1926
Front cover of the Delineator magazine, featuring a smart and stylish 1920s lady weighed down with a number of exciting Christmas parcels, as well as a generous bunch of mistletoe - just in case

Christmas decorations
A small child, looking angelic in a white nightdress looks amazed at the Christmas baubles, candles and decorations he has just discovered. December 1927

Christmas Mistletoe being pulled along atop a wooden frame
Delightful Chromolithograph Christmas greetings postcard by Ellen H. Clapsaddle depicting a large bunch of Christmas mistletoe, tied up with a red ribbon, being pulled along atop a wooden frame sled

Christmas Yule Log being pulled along atop a wooden frame
Delightful Chromolithograph Christmas greetings postcard by Ellen H. Clapsaddle depicting a large Christmas Yue Log, tied up with a red ribbon, being pulled along atop a wooden frame sled

Mother and daughter our walking in the snow, surrounded by robins who hope they might feed them. Date: c. 1910

Christmas procession
Woman wearing conical hat and beautiful blue dress with holly and berry details, marches along with a candle, followed by a boy carrying an exceedingly large candle. Date: c. 1925

Christmas silhouette
Silhouette of fashionable woman carrying a present and miniature Christmas tree. c. 1925

Beautiful woman carrying holly through the snow
A woman dressed in a festive red dress with white fur trim, walks through the snow carrying holly. c. 1925

Girl playing with her pet cats at Christmas c.1910

Beautifully decorated Christmas tree
A beautifully decorated Christmas tree, hung with brightly coloured baubles and red candles. c.1910

Elegant mother and young daughter in the snow
A mother and daughter hold hands as they walk through the heavy snow, feeding the birds as they go. c.1920

Carol singers in the snow
A group of children, wrapped up warmly in hats, scarves and mittens, sing carols as the snow falls around them. c.1920

Woman lighting candles on a Christmas tree
Beautiful magazine cover showing an elegant lady in yellow dress and long flowing shawl, lighting candles on a Christmas tree. 1926

Preparing a giant plum pudding at Marylebone Workhouse, Lond
Members of The United Cooks Society preparing a monster plum pudding for during the festive season at Marylebone Workhouse for the Lancashire operatives

Personalised family Christmas card, c. 1900
Brilliant Christmas card from the late Victorian/early Edwardian era, showing a Christmas cracker being pulled to reveal the four faces of a family who send their greetings from Craig-Gowan

The Sketch Christmas Number front cover 1940
Stylised graphic cover of The Sketch magazine, for the Christmas number 1940 featuring a bejewelled hand holding some mistletoe against a backdrop of holly. Date: 1940

Christmas. Children pulling a sled
Children in festive mood playing in the snow. Front cover of Merry Days Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

Art deco illustration by Fish, 1916
Art deco illustration by Fish for the joyous festive season, 1916 Date: 1916

The Graphic Christmas Number 1924 front cover
Front cover of The Graphic, Christmas Number 1924 featuring a gleeful cherub riding a concerned looking turkey, who has the added humiliation of a Christmas cracker hanging around his neck. Date: 1924

Decorative Christmas frieze - Christmas minstrels
A simple but dramatic Christmas scene featuring three musicians standing outside a house in the snow playing their instruments. c.1925

Decorative Christmas frieze - coach and horses
Simple but dramatic Christmas scene featuring a silhouette of a coach and horses, with postillion in full flow, dashing through a snowy landscape. c. 1925

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover, 1927
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number for 1927 entitled A Crinoline Christmas. A lady in a voluminous yellow crinoline dress stands precariously on a chair to place candles on the bough of a

Decorative Christmas frieze - Santas helpers
Two mischievous looking elves dressed in Father Christmas hooded red suits, creep through the snow carrying sacks, presumably bulging with presents for good boys and girls. 1920s

Decorative Christmas frieze - ice skating
A decorative frieze illustrated with skaters enjoying a glide on a frozen lake. 1920s

Christmas Eve by Charles Pears
Festive scene showing a village, with its illuminated church in the foreground, covered by a blanket of snow in the fading light. 1930

Christmas Eve on the Airway by Norman Keene
Jolly festive illustration by Norman Keene showing an aviator in an aeroplane greeting Father Christmas and his sleigh mid-air. Date: 1930

Decorative Christmas frieze - Father Christmas and snowy sce
Colourful decorative Christmas frieze with a number of festive motifs including Santa Claus, toys and presents and a snowy scene with church. 1920s

Decorative Christmas frieze - children playing in snow
Three children enjoy playing in the snow, sliding on ice and building a snowman. 1920s

The Sketch front cover, Christmas Presents Number 1934
Front cover of The Sketch magazine, Christmas Presents Number 1934 showing a woman in 17th century costume walking through the snow with some Christmas presents or parcels in her arms

The Sketch Christmas Number 1934 front cover
Stunning front cover design for The Sketch 1934 Christmas Number featuring a dancer in a slightly revealing fur trimmed costume kicking her leg high against a colourful harlequin diamond background

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