1077720 Father Christmas climbing down a chimney, c.1890 (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Father Christmas is the Christmas gift-bringer of English folklore, and the traditional British name for the personification of Christmas. Though a forerunner of (and now synonymous in the USA with) Santa Claus, Father Christmas is actually a separate and older folkloric entity, stemming from an unrelated tradition;); Prismatic Pictures ; French, out of copyright.