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A page of sheet music for the Christmas carol The Holly and the Ivy. From a 1926 issue of the Radio Times magazine.

A poster showing the various gifts mentioned in the traditional song 12 Days of Christmas.

A 19th-century English Christmas card showing carol singers. (The British Museum, London)

Portrait of Paul Revere (1735-1818), oil on canvas by John Singleton Copley, 1768. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

The Battle of Lexington Green (19 April 1775), the first part of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, which kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), oil on canvas by William Barnes Wollen, 1910. National Army Museum...

Fight at the North Bridge during the Battles of Lexington and Concord (19 April 1775), oil on board painting by Frank T. Merrill, 1909.

The frontispiece for Birds' Christmas Carol by Kate Douglas Wiggin. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, 1912.

An 1887 painting A Christmas Carol in Lucerne by Hans Bachmann. (Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland)

A 1913 biscuit tin showing Good King Wenceslas, the Bohemian duke and saint Wenceslaus I (r. 921-935), and the music for the Christmas carol of that name. The lyrics were written by John Mason Neale (1818-1866). Tin made by Hudson, Scott...

Gold temple rings with horse pendants, from the grave of a noblewoman in eastern Georgia, dated to the 4th century BCE. National Museum of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia.