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English: 'Old Christmas', shown riding a yule goat. The original illustration is entitled 'Old Christmas' and is accompanied by a verse: "In furry pall yclad, / His brows enwreathed with holly never sere, / Old Christmas comes to close the wained year: Bampfylde".
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Source "The Book of Christmas" by Thomas Kibble Hervey. A complete facsimile of the 1888 American version is available online. Higher resolution scans of the illustrations can be found here
Author Robert Seymour (1798 – 1836)
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current10:55, 14 February 2016Thumbnail for version as of 10:55, 14 February 2016976 × 1,192 (724 KB)MichaelMaggsB&W for better screen visibility and consistency with other Father Christmas images
13:44, 20 January 2016Thumbnail for version as of 13:44, 20 January 2016976 × 1,167 (1.17 MB)MichaelMaggs{{Information |Description ={{en|1='Old Christmas', shown riding a yule goat. The original illustration is entitled 'Old Christmas' and is accompanied by a verse: "In furry pall yclad, / His brows enwreathed with holly never sere,...

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