Sunday, December 13, 2015

Sunday Salon: The Many Guises of Santa



Vintage Illustration via


Vintage illustrationvia


Anne Yvonne Gilbert - via


Susan Mitchell - via


Gennady Spirin - via


Haddon Sunblom - via


Inge Look - via


Lisi Martin - via


Andre Francois - via


William Joyce - 'Santa Calls' - via


Raymond Briggs 'Father Christmas' - via


J.C. Leyendecker - Saturday Evening Post 


Edward Sorel - via


Ina Hattenhauer - via

I love these Santas in all their guises by all these artists in all these different styles.

This is my last post of the year - Rocky and I will be away for the holidays, visiting with family. This coming week will be devoted to cleaning, packing, wrapping and last minute shopping. When I return, stay tuned for my Favorite Books of 2015.

In the meantime, MERRY CHRISTMAS and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR, m'dears.

24 comments:

  1. Yvette,

    a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours.

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    1. Thanks, Fred. Same back to you. Hope it's a great one.

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  2. Enjoy a wonderful Christmas.

    Ha! I knew Briggs was going to show up.

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    1. Oh, of course, Pat. :) Love his work. And thanks, you have a wonderful Christmas and New Year as well.

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  3. I love these images and covers and, of course, Christmas too. What a wonderful season!

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    1. I agree with you one hundred percent, Prashant. :) It's the best time of the year.

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  4. Yvette, this is such a beautiful post, I love them all. Didn't know Leydendecker
    did a cover for the Saturday Evening Post, but I do remember the art work. You and Rocky have a very Merry Christmas with your family. You must be excited. I love the new Header too. See you next year and maybe for real, if I get to Boston.Yvonne

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    1. Thanks, Yvonne. Leyendecker did many covers for the Sat. Evening Post. Check them out online. You'll be amazed.

      Merry Christmas to you and your family too, Yvonne. Have a wonderful holiday.

      Who knows what next year may bring. :)

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  5. Have a great Christmas Yvette and a smashing new year too. Love, Sergio

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    1. Thanks, Sergio. And the same to you and your family as well, m'dear.

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  6. And have a wonderful holiday, too, dear friend. Patti

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  7. Have a great Christmas with your family and best wishes for a happy, healthy new year with lots of great books and movies.

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  8. I love all the New Yorker covers, holidays and regular days ;) A very Merry Christmastoyou and your family! Enjoy your beautiful grandchildren. Happy and healthy 2016!

    Hugs,

    Pat

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  9. Merry Christmas to you and yours, Yvette!

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  10. What wonderful images. I especially like the Anne Yvonne Gilbert one with Santa and the cats. I once had a big, furry, grey Maine Coon cat, just like the ones in the picture.
    Have a wonderful Christmas!

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  11. Yvette, Happy 2016. Wishing for you a healthy, safe, warm and happy New Year.
    yvonne

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  12. Happy holidays and a healthy, happy new year with good books and movies.

    I just watched a movie recommended by you, "The Clouded Yellow." Very good. Saw it at http://free-classic-movies.com/
    There is a slew of movies at that blog going back decades. It was a delight to find it, but I'll spend my life watching those movies.

    There is a movie that you have suggested a few times but said it's rarely posted online. Does it have "World's Fair" in the title? I can't remember it.

    Best to you and your family.

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  13. Yvette, love the header on your post, love the post and love you.
    Have a Prosperous 2016 be healthy , Happy and sending lots of love. yvonne

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  14. Hope you had a great time during the holidays. Happy New year yvette. Hope you watched the State of the Union speech. It was very good. yvonne

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  15. Yvette are you OK? Don't mean to be a pest, but we (your readers) all love you, and it is worrying when we don't hear from you in a while.
    If it's just a holiday thing, don't bother replying, relax, enjoy your break ... "talk" to you soon.

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  16. Thanks, everyone! Best wishes to all of you for the New Year and always. I had a fabulous time visiting family over the holidays and now that I'm back I'm in the middle of a huge undertaking - more about it in my new post. So, not to worry, tinpot, I'm fine. Just extraordinarily busy. Stay tuned. :) But thanks for checking in.

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  17. Great to hear you had a wonderful time.

    How is the family doing, especially the little ones? Did they have fun?

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    1. Thanks, Kathy. The family is fine. The kids had a blast. Boy did they have fun. :)

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