Christmas – THAT IS PRICELESS

THROWBACK THURSDAY: MASTERPIECE #1854 (12/25/17)

James Clark, English

“Merry Christmas, Everyone! I Made My Special Unidentifiable Brown Thing. Dig In!,” 1902

Oil on canvas

Albert Anker, Swiss

Santa’s Accountant Stumbling Upon Multimillion-Dollar “Nice List”-Fixing Scheme, 1874

Oil on canvas

Jose Antonio da Cunha Couto, Brazilian

The Guys in Santa’s Travel Department Mapping Out His Pee Breaks, 1892

Oil on canvas

Lance Calkin, British

Santa’s Billionaire Brother, Mortimer Claus IV, 1890

Oil on canvas

Émile Friant, French

“I Saw Mommy Flashing Santa Claus…,” 1921

Oil on canvas

Kristian Zahrtmann, Danish

Nancy and Craig, Deciding To Let Their Hair Down a Bit For the Christmas Card This Year, 1876-1878

Oil on canvas

Alfons Viñals i Roig, Spanish

Santa Taking the Edge Off Before Telling Mrs. Claus He’s Screwing the Tooth Fairy, 1880

Oil on canvas

Heinrich Hofmann, German

Baby Jesus Accusing Wise Men of Re-Gifting the Frankincense, ca. 1900

Chromolithograph print

Sophie Gengembre Anderson, English

Girl With ~~Two~~ ~~Turtledoves~~ One Turtledove (aka Bad Kitty!), 1853

Oil on canvas

Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev, Russian

“Oh, I Get It. When Santa Pops Out of the Chimney, Everyone’s Thrilled. But When I Do It, It’s ‘Creepy,'” 1875

Oil on canvas