Dover Publications

Old-fashioned holiday charm abounds with these collectibles and their colorful portraits of ruddy-cheeked children and Santas. Reproduced directly from rare originals of 1900–30, the images of twinkling stars, shiny toys, and candle-decked trees include illustrations by John Winsch, Ellen Clapsaddle, and artists from Raphael Tuck & Sons of London.

Seventeen full-color illustrations, selected from turn-of-the-century sources, depict rosy-cheeked youngsters in nightclothes, peasant outfits and stylish winter wear; figures of Father Christmas (who predated the modern Santa Claus); bags of toys, holly, trees and much more.