Christmas Eve

 

Arthur Rackham illustration for Twas the Night Before Christmas

Hope by Sliman Mansou

And here's a cute early rendition of Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer! It seems Montgomery Ward had a promotion in 1939 which meant giving a story book to each child entering their stores. Here's the link to Open Culture's article about the Origin of Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer

Short video is an early cartoon of the story, 

 1948 | 35mm | Max Fleischer Christmas Cartoon

Today's quote:

I don't believe in playing down to children, either in life or in motion pictures. I didn't treat my own youngsters like fragile flowers, and I think no parent should. Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature. Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. -Walt Disney, entrepreneur and animator (1901-1966)

Dali's version of Santa

Charles Schulz gave us many sweet comics with a group of children and a few animals.