The English Father Christmas

Old Father Christmas: Godey’s Lady’s Book, December 1867

Father Christmas by Kenny Meadows, Illustrated London News, December 25, 1847

Father Christmas with Yule Log

Illustration of Jolly Old Christmas in the December 1844 edition of the Illustrated London News

Scrooge’s Third Visitor from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

Hablot Knight Browne, an English artist, engraver, etcher, and printer

An unkempt Old Christmas arising from the Wassail Bowl

One of the most iconic depictions of Father Christmas

1652 woodcut by John Taylor of “Old Christmas”