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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 23, 1882  The full front page is a poem with 3 Christmas-themed prints.
Inside has a nice full page print: "Quincy Market, Boston"; a half page: "Testing the Roof

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 23, 1882  The full front page is a poem with 3 Christmas-themed prints.
Inside has a nice full page print: "Quincy Market, Boston"; a half page: "Testing the Roof

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 28, 1878 (with Christmas Supplement)
Spectacular Christmas issue with several Thomas prints. Every print is included in the images for this listing. The frontpage

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Dec. 26, 1874

• Kate Greenaway
• Christmas Dream

The full front page is a print: "Little Willie's Christmas Greeting". Inside has several full page prints including:

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 8, 1900  The color cover has a very displayable print showing the Wise Men on camels and noting this is the: "Christmas Number 1900". 
Inside has some

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 8, 1900  The color cover has a very displayable print showing the Wise Men on camels and noting this is the: "Christmas Number 1900". 
Inside has some

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1858

• Illustrator Winslow Homer
• Christmas prints & Santa Claus

The front page features a print: "Santa Claus Paying His Usual Christmas Visit to His Young

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 8, 1900  The color cover has a very displayable print showing the Wise Men on camels and noting this is the: "Christmas Number 1900". 
Inside has some

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Dec. 23, 1893  The full front page is a print of: "More Explosions Expected! Startling Reports!!" which shows children playing with Christmas gifts & with a

HARPER'S WEEKLY--CHRISTMAS,  New York, Dec. 14, 1895

• Maxfield Parrish
• Christmas illustration

Certainly the feature of this issue is the great Maxfield Parrish front cover which shows a waiter

LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 1, 1989

• Best "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" advertisement
• Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
• American Christmas comedy film - Chevy Chase

A terrific issue on

THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE, Beaufort County, North Carolina, Dec. 24, 1891

• Rare Southern publication
• Christmas - Xmas Eve

A very curious issue as it is printed entirely in blue ink for the celebration of

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Dec. 24, 1859  In addition to the regular issue, this listing includes the rare/collectible color plates originally included with the "Christmas Supplement", but

YOUTH'S COMPANION--CHRISTMAS NUMBER, December 16, 1886  With the original blue outer wrapper. Has a Christmas-themed engraving in the masthead with "Christmas Greeting". Another Christmas-themed

DEMOCRATIC WATCHMAN, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1886

• 19th century Christmas Eve original
• Rare title

Page 2 has several items appropriate for Christmas-eve: "An Editor's Christmas" "Xmas

NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 26, 1864

• Christmas present to Abraham Lincoln
• General William T. Sherman
• March to the sea completed
• Savannah GA Georgia captured

One of the more desired Times issues from the

CHRISTMAS CHIMES, the "Supplement to Tuolumne Independent", California, December 25, 1883

The masthead has a very nice Christmas theme. The ftpg. also has two Christmas poems & a print: "The

COLUMBIA, New Haven, Connecticut, December, 1932  The front cover has a nice Christmas-themed color print showing Mary & the baby Jesus, along with a modern mother and her child reading the "Story

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Dec. 25, 1929

• Fire at the White House (West Wing)
• Christmas Eve

The front page has a nice banner headline: "FIRE DESTROYS HOOVER'S OFFICES; WHITE HOUSE SAVED AFTER

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 4, 1873

• Caricaturist Thomas Nast
• Christmas - Santa Claus

Certainly the most notable print is the great tipped-in (no binding holes) doublepage centerfold by Thomas

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE, Pennsylvania, December 24, 1915

• Christmas Eve, 1915

War, peace, pain, hope, life, death - what "news of the day" were our brothers and sisters from 100 years ago reading on

NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 26, 1864

• Christmas present to Abraham Lincoln
• General William T. Sherman
• March to the sea completed
• Savannah GA Georgia captured

An historic issue reporting the fall of Savannah

BILD, Berlin Germany, Dec. 23, 1989  This being the first Christmas in unified Germany in nearly 30 years, the headline proclaims: "Merry Christmas, Germany" with a color photo of a crowd at the

PLAIN TALK, Brooklyn, New York, November, 1887.

• "After Longfellow" and Christmas themed poetry
• Ornate Front Cover

This 8 page magazine contains many interesting poems, including:  "After Longfellow",

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 16, 1882  The front page is taken up with a nice print: "Getting Ready for Christmas".
Prints inside include a fullpg: "Character Sketches in Germany"; a double

SECTION 2 only of the New York Times, December 10, 1944

• Christmas appeal
• Several case examples
• Winter time poverty
• World War II era

The front page of this section has a banner headline: "NEW YORK'S 100

THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Dec. 30, 1876  
Inside has a full page print: "Christmas In Florida" and a full page: "Christmas in the Hudson's Bay Territory" with a related article that

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Pratt, Kansas, December 24, 1966

• Christmas Eve, 1966
• Ads, news of the day, and more

What was it like to live in small-town America on Christmas Eve in 1966? Enjoy the sampling of

THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, California, Dec. 17, 1914  The front page is quite displayable being the "Christmas Edition" with a two-color print taking most of the front page, beneath which is

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL NEWS, Scotland, Pennsylvania, Dec. 24, 1907  A very nice Christmas-themed front page showing angels with several borders of holly and a heading: "Merry Christmas To You All". This

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Final Morning Edition, December 23, 1939

• Several Disney Characters wish everyone a Merry Christmas...
• Donald, Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, and several Dwarfs
• Signed work by Walt

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 22, 1883 (with Supplement)  Full front pg. illus. entitled "I'll Never Touch a Drop of Liquor, Sick or Well, Living or Dying, So Help Me, God" by A.B. Frost.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 6, 1902  Frontpage color illustration "Here We Are Again" by Rogers; "The Belated Russian Passport" by Mark Twain; color fullpage "The Christmas Mail In The Far

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 17, 1898  Front full pg. illus. of "A Christmas Box From Home." Inside is a 1/2 pg. illlus. of "December Scenes at the Navy Yard - Preparing the Torpedo Boats for

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 8, 1900  The color cover has a very displayable print showing the Wise Men on camels and noting this is the: "Christmas Number 1900". 
Inside has some

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 25, 1858  The front page features a print: "Santa Claus Paying His Usual Christmas Visit to His Young Friends" shows him in a sleigh pulled by a turkey, with many

HARPER'S WEEKLY, Dec. 29, 1860 Full ftpg: 'Christmas Day, 1860' shows a family at Christmas dinner. Nice fullpg: 'Christmas Chimes at Trinity Church, N.Y.   This issue also contains a serialized

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 18, 1897  The full front page is a nice print: "Santa Claus's Return Home." by the famed artist W. A. Rogers, showing a full-figure Santa Claus with various

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 12, 1903  Front page illustration "The Golden Pool; Doublepage illustration "Christmas in the Navy"; "The Race is not always to the Swift" by W. Granville Smith;

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 28, 1867  The front page shows: 'The Wise Men Guided by the Star in the East'. Very nice half page print: "Santa Claus" shows him with a bag full of toys sneaking by

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 2, 1869  The full front page is a nice print: "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" showing a full-figure Santa Claus carrying a Christmas tree. Inside is a

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 16, 1911

The front page of this issue is an illustration of "Christmas Memories" W. E. Mears.

This issue is a Christmas issue, so there are many short stories and

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 16, 1882  The front page is taken up with a nice print: "Getting Ready for Christmas".
Prints inside include a fullpg: "Character Sketches in Germany"; a double

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 28, 1872  Full ftpg: 'Early Birds: or, Christmas Morning' shows two children playing with toys. Two fullpg. Nast cartoons. Halfpg: 'Wide Awake--Christmas-Eve' shows a

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 31, 1870  The front page features a great full page: "A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!" which shows an older version of Santa Claus.
Within the issue are

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 12, 1885  Full front pg. illus. of "Dolly Vansittert's Other Lover." Inside has a doublepage centerfold. of: "A Christmas Fantasy." (Woman running in the snow

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Jan. 4, 1879  The full front page is a nice Christmas-themed print by Thomas Nast, captioned: "Christmas Post" showing a boy mailing a letter to Santa Claus. The other

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 29, 1883  Full front pg. illus. entitled "The Ant and the Grasshopper." Inside is a full pg. illus. of "The War in the Soudan--A Parley by the Way." Two 1/4 pg.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 11, 1909  The front page of this issue has an illustration of "What a Chance!" by J. A. Williams.

This issue has many illustrations, some of them slightly

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 14, 1912 (does not include the color wrapper/cover shown at this link). This issue is a Christmas issue. The front page has an illustration called "A National