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Saint Peter in Sinai
A 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai.
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Fresco of Ignatius of Antioch
A fresco of the early Orthodox Saint Ignatius of Antioch who died in the 2nd century CE.
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19th-Century Coach Caught in Snow
A picture of a 19th-century coach caught in the snow. From a tin produced by Excelvit. (Private Collection)
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Christmas Literature
Volumes of Christmas Literature. (Private Collection)
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Christmas Eve by Hoover
An 1880 coloured lithograph titled Christmas Eve by J. Hoover. (Library of Congress)
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Victoria & Albert's Christmas Tree
An 1848 illustration of the royal Christmas tree of Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901) and Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, the Prince Consort (l. 1819-61).
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Going to Church on Christmas Day
A painting depicting the tradition of attending a morning church service on Christmas Day. Print by Hoover & Son. (Library of Congress)
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Santa Claus by William Holbrook Beard
A c. 1862 oil painting, Santa Claus, by William Holbrook Beard (1825-1900). (Rhode Island School of Design Museum)
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Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside
Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside, oil on canvas by Christian Schussele, 1864.
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
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The Sketch Book by Washington Irving
Title page of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., by Washington Irving, New York, 1864.
