A Christmas Nightmare 1911 is a photograph by Photo Researchers which was uploaded on October 22nd, 2014.
A Christmas Nightmare 1911
Entitled A Christmas nightmare showing two children surrounded by broken toys. The toys are pointing fingers at the children and complaining to Santa... more
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A Christmas Nightmare 1911
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Photo Researchers
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Entitled "A Christmas nightmare" showing two children surrounded by broken toys. The toys are pointing fingers at the children and complaining to Santa Claus about the treatment they've received from them over the past year; Santa is sitting on the right, reading a large book labeled "Condition of Last Years Toys" and captioned "Indignant Chorus of Last Year's Toys Do they deserve anything more, your Honor? Just look what they did to us!" Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoons, caricatures and political satire of the issues of the day. It was published from 1871 until 1918. It was the first magazine to carry illustrated advertising and the first to successfully adopt full-color lithography printing for a weekly publication. In English folklore, Puck is a mischievous nature sprite, demon, or fairy. Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle and simply Santa, is a figure with legendary, historical and folkloric origins who, in many Western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children on December 24th, the night before Christmas Day. He is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white-bearded man, sometimes with spectacles, wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots and who carries a bag full of gifts for children. Illustrated by Will Crawford for Puck and published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, December 6, 1911.
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October 22nd, 2014
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