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Saturn with head protected by winter cloak
By Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany - Saturn with head protected by winter cloak, holding a scythe in his right hand, fresco from the House of the Dioscuri at Pompeii, Naples Archaeological Museum, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45894015
Mosaic of Sol Invictus
By User:Leinad-Z - [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=508830
Dice players in a wall painting from Pompeii
By WolfgangRieger - Filippo Coarelli (ed.): Pompeji. Hirmer, München 2002, ISBN 3-7774-9530-1, p. 146, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6241574
Dionysos, Roman Mosaic
Cartwright, M. (2013, June 13). Dionysos, Roman Mosaic. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/1278/dionysos-roman-mosaic/
An illustration of people collecting a Yule log from Chambers Book of Days (1832)
By Robert Chambers - The Book of Days (1864), p. 734.[1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5278707
The Three Wise Kings
By Cresques Abraham - This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b55002481n, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44404372
Medieval dice found in Bergen
By Nobelse - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=108117072
Meteņi mumming group in Latvia, 2016
By Spekozols - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47205366
The Pelican Portrait by Nicholas Hilliard
By Nicholas Hilliard (called) (1547 - 1619)Details on Google Art Project - VgG8ronTPh8jDg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21894152
Portrait commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada
By Formerly attributed to George Gower - http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/elizarmada.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28313
St Edward's Crown, the centrepiece of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
By Firebrace - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116459012
Second version of The Puritan, a late 19th-century sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens
By Smallbones - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15444586
1659 public notice in Boston deeming Christmas illegal
By Unknown author - http://newbostonpost.com/2015/12/03/christmas-banned-in-boston/, direct link: http://newbostonpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/banned-in-Boston.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49447832
Queen Victoria, 1819–1901, by Bassano, 1882. Glass copy negative, half-plate
By Alexander Bassano - Original text: Scanned from the book 'The National Portrait Gallery History of the Kings and Queens of England' by David Williamson, ISBN 1855142287, p. 153.See here for 1901 publication. National Portrait Gallery: NPG x95802, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6640482
Two 1899 Christmas Cards
Museum, T. B. (2022, December 05). Two 1899 Christmas Cards. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16775/two-1899-christmas-cards/
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha: Early daguerreotype with hand-colouring, 1848
By William Edward Kilburn - Royal Collection RCIN 2932487, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8846294
Grimaldi (right) performing the comic dance during a pantomime
By George Cruikshank (illustrator) - Houghton Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35417381
An 1887 painting A Christmas Carol in Lucerne by Hans Bachmann. (Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland)
Bachmann, H. (2023, December 04). A Christmas Carol in Lucerne by Bachmann. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18215/a-christmas-carol-in-lucerne-by-bachmann/
The First Printed Christmas Card
London, V. a. A. M. (2022, December 05). The First Printed Christmas Card. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16778/the-first-printed-christmas-card/
Saint Nicholas with a halo, by Jaroslav Čermák
By Jaroslav Čermák - Galerie Art Praha, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48168202
The dowry for the three virgins (Gentile da Fabriano, c. 1425, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome)
By Gentile da Fabriano - The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=151516
First edition cover (1843)
By Charles Dickens, Photographer: Heritage Auctions, Inc. Dallas, Texas - http://historical.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=683&Lot_No=57424&type=&ic=, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4581655
"Marley's Ghost", original illustration by John Leech from the 1843 edition
By John Leech - This file has been provided by the British Library from its digital collections.Catalogue entry., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31452749
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