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From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:

Merry Christmas

Sshhh! Santa Claus is about to arrive for the three little proto-pundits in the Hofer household. There's nothing like tonight. I hope you are all having as much fun as I am right now.

And laying his finger
Aside of his nose,
And giving a nod,
Up the chimney he rose

This painting is by Robert Weir. It was painted in 1837 based on the 1822 poem "A Visit from Saint Nick" ('Twas the Night Before Christmas). Apparently, St. Nick was not "fat and jolly" until Thomas Nast illustrated him in that fashion in 1888.

If you go to the source of this image (click on it), you can comment on it in the New York Historical Society Luce Center Database

This painting of "Flags on 57th Street" (1918) by Childe Hassam was Bill Clinton's Christmas card this year. It's one of his series of flag paintings depicting New York's patriotism towards the end of World War I.

If you go to the source of this image, you can comment on it in the New York Historical Society Luce Center Database.

19th century Kerchief of Santa with a flag! You can comment on this one too.

Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at December 24, 2001 10:17 PM | Technorati inbound links