A Victorian Christmas Advent Calendar: 12th December
” ‘X’ is for Xmas tree, all lights, and toys jolly.”
From ‘Father Christmas’ ABC’, illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson (classmark 1894.13.170)
” ‘X’ is for Xmas tree, all lights, and toys jolly.”
From ‘Father Christmas’ ABC’, illustrated by Alfred J. Johnson (classmark 1894.13.170)
I love these alphabet letters with their spindly red legs and slightly mean expressions, they look like trouble to me. They are reminiscent of a great character in The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay, an Australian classic, first published in 1918, which features Albert the grumpy cut-and-come-again pudding who has spindly legs and a bad temper.